diff --git a/dev-util/afdko/afdko-3.8.1.ebuild b/dev-util/afdko/afdko-3.8.1.ebuild
index 41dbb34df5..99fcfd6e8c 100644
--- a/dev-util/afdko/afdko-3.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/afdko/afdko-3.8.1.ebuild
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ BDEPEND="
 
 DOCS=( {README,NEWS}.md docs )
 
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.6.2-_get_scripts-to-data_files.patch" )
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.6.2-_get_scripts-to-data_files.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-no-cmake-ninja-deps.patch"
+)
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
diff --git a/dev-util/afdko/files/afdko-3.8.1-no-cmake-ninja-deps.patch b/dev-util/afdko/files/afdko-3.8.1-no-cmake-ninja-deps.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd9367d86c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/afdko/files/afdko-3.8.1-no-cmake-ninja-deps.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
+ 	"setuptools",
+ 	"wheel",
+ 	"setuptools_scm",
+-	"scikit-build",
+-	"cmake",
+-	"ninja"
++	"scikit-build"
+ ]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+