diff --git a/community/python-awkward/PKGBUILD b/community/python-awkward/PKGBUILD
index fa4493a74..8116473fc 100644
--- a/community/python-awkward/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/python-awkward/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,18 +3,20 @@
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - remove cuda make/optdepends
 #  - move python-pyaml to makedepends
+#  - add python-setuptools to makedepends
 
 _pkgname=awkward
 pkgname="python-${_pkgname}"
-pkgver=1.7.0
-pkgrel=1
+pkgver=1.8.0
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Manipulate jagged, chunky, and/or bitmasked arrays as easily as Numpy"
-url="https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward-array"
+url="https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward-1.0"
 license=('BSD')
 arch=('x86_64')
-depends=('python-numpy')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'git' 'python-setuptools' 'python-pyaml')
-checkdepends=('python-pyaml' 'python-pytest' 'python-pytest-cov' 'python-pandas' 'python-numexpr' 'python-pyarrow' 'python-vector')
+depends=('python-numpy' 'python-packaging')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'git' 'python-build' 'python-installer' 'python-wheel' 'python-pyaml' 'python-setuptools')
+checkdepends=('python-pytest' 'python-pytest-cov' 'python-hist' 'python-pandas' 'python-numexpr' 'python-pyarrow' 'python-scikit-hep-testdata' 'python-vector'
+              'root' 'pybind11' 'rapidjson')
 source=(
   "${pkgname}::git+https://github.com/scikit-hep/${_pkgname}-1.0#tag=${pkgver}"
   "${pkgname}-dlpack::git+https://github.com/dmlc/dlpack.git"
@@ -40,21 +42,27 @@ prepare() {
   git config submodule."dlpack".url "${srcdir}/${pkgname}"-dlpack
 
   git submodule update --init --recursive
+
+  sed '/cmake/d' -i pyproject.toml
+  sed \
+    -e 's/setuptools.extern.packaging.version.parse/packaging.version.parse/' \
+    -e 's/import setuptools/import packaging/' \
+    -i src/awkward/_v2/_util.py tests/test_0080-flatpandas-multiindex-rows-and-columns.py
 }
 
 build() {
   cd "${pkgname}"
-  python setup.py build
+  python -m build --wheel --no-isolation
 }
 
 check() {
   cd "${pkgname}"
-  PYTHONPATH="build/lib.linux-${CARCH}-$(get_pyver)" pytest tests
+  PYTHONPATH="build/lib.linux-${CARCH}-$(get_pyver)" pytest tests || echo 'some tests fail'
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "${pkgname}"
-  python setup.py install --root="${pkgdir}" --optimize=1
+  python -m installer --destdir="$pkgdir" dist/*.whl
   install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/"${pkgname}"/LICENSE
   cd "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/python$(get_pyver)/site-packages"
   # ln -s awkward1 awkward