diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 7bcccc1..a3262e4 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,27 +9,22 @@ url="http://python-blosc.blosc.org/"
 license=('BSD')
 depends=('python' 'blosc')
 optdepends=('python-numpy: for tests and benchmarks')
-makedepends=('python-scikit-build' 'ninja')
+makedepends=('python-scikit-build')
 source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/Blosc/python-blosc/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha512sums=('e283b132ebb91e7ce362ec65a1d6760e3793046371ea545a9e842372084182bcc194c3a0e1cb20914de58554063995a238ea0a129214731689e8cd5f4203d3ed')
 b2sums=('44f444fa5050a6198e83649973fc82d6804eec50bf79c332ed6a974e417f2a58baf09480a9bb5c5b7abcef2a961cd7bc61f962c12db625b1a7c48799ace0b39a')
 
-prepare() {
-  sed -e '/c-blosc/d' -e 's|blosc_static|blosc|' \
-    -i $pkgname-$pkgver/blosc/CMakeLists.txt # Use system blosc
-}
-
 build() {
   cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
-  BLOSC_DIR=/usr
-  export BLOSC_DIR
-  python setup.py build_clib
-  python setup.py build_ext --inplace
-  python setup.py build
+  python setup.py build \
+      -G "Unix Makefiles" \
+      --build-type None \
+      -DUSE_SYSTEM_BLOSC=ON \
+      -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_INIT=-DNDEBUG
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
-  python setup.py install --skip-build --root="$pkgdir" --optimize=1
+  python setup.py --skip-cmake install --skip-build --root="$pkgdir" --optimize=1
   install -Dm644 LICENSE.txt "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
 }