diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-path/template b/srcpkgs/python-path/template
index 7b437dc9fb2..8cd244a7a43 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-path/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-path/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'python-path'
 pkgname=python-path
-version=7.7.1
+version=8.1.1
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="path.py-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 python_versions="2.7 3.4"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools_scm python3.4-setuptools_scm"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
 depends="python"
 pycompile_module="path.py"
 short_desc="Python2 module wrapper for os.path"
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://github.com/jaraco/path.py"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/path.py/path.py-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=692feac9d1fe3b70239b2f0f07dcdbbdad38e3611846924de33ec6175d87638e
+checksum=2e109f902aed4a7999d465e4ec8456c1112e657840520c5bc7104fb7050d1add
+
+pre_build() {
+	sed -e '/setuptools_scm/d' \
+		-e "s/use_scm_version=True,/version=\"${version}\",/" \
+		-i setup.py
+}
 
 python3.4-path_package() {
 	noarch=yes