diff --git a/testing/py3-recommonmark/APKBUILD b/testing/py3-recommonmark/APKBUILD
index a5749ad10ba..9d28282e7df 100644
--- a/testing/py3-recommonmark/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/py3-recommonmark/APKBUILD
@@ -3,29 +3,34 @@
 pkgname=py3-recommonmark
 _pyname=recommonmark
 pkgver=0.7.1
-pkgrel=3
+pkgrel=4
 pkgdesc="A docutils-compatibility bridge to CommonMark"
 url="https://github.com/readthedocs/recommonmark"
 arch="noarch"
 license="MIT"
 depends="python3 py3-commonmark>=0.8.1 py3-docutils py3-sphinx"
-makedepends="py3-setuptools"
+makedepends="py3-setuptools py3-gpep517"
 checkdepends="py3-pytest"
 subpackages="$pkgname-pyc"
 source="$_pyname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/readthedocs/$_pyname/archive/$pkgver.tar.gz"
 builddir="$srcdir/$_pyname-$pkgver"
 
 build() {
-	python3 setup.py build
+	gpep517 build-wheel \
+		--wheel-dir .dist \
+		--output-fd 3 3>&1 >&2
 }
 
 check() {
 	rm -f tests/test_sphinx.py
-	pytest-3
+	python3 -m venv --clear --without-pip --system-site-packages .testenv
+	gpep517 install-wheel --destdir .testenv --prefix '' .dist/*.whl
+	.testenv/bin/python3 -m pytest
 }
 
 package() {
-	python3 setup.py install --skip-build --root="$pkgdir"
+	gpep517 install-wheel --destdir "$pkgdir" \
+		.dist/*.whl
 }
 
 sha512sums="