diff --git a/testing/git-cola/APKBUILD b/testing/git-cola/APKBUILD
index 2915b0c4c3fd7b3f487a5bcf5d021bbf196a994d..2a4f887fce1c49ff6da809d5c33b823d6cf9ba28 100644
--- a/testing/git-cola/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/git-cola/APKBUILD
@@ -9,24 +9,20 @@ arch="noarch"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 depends="python3 py3-qtpy"
 checkdepends="py3-nose"
-makedepends="python3-dev py3-qtpy"
+makedepends="py3-setuptools"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 source="git-cola-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
-builddir="$srcdir/git-cola-$pkgver"
 # testsuite hangs after a while.
 options="!check"
 
 build() {
-	cd "$builddir"
 	make PYTHON=python3
 }
-check () {
-	cd "$builddir"
+check() {
 	make PYTHON=python3 test
 }
 
 package() {
-	cd "$builddir"
 	make PYTHON=python3 prefix=/usr DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
 }