diff --git a/dev-python/pygame/pygame-2.0.0.recipe b/dev-python/pygame/pygame-2.0.0.recipe
index 0ebad435e..6f49ff31b 100644
--- a/dev-python/pygame/pygame-2.0.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-python/pygame/pygame-2.0.0.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="2000-2004, 2007 Pete Shinners
 	2007 Richard Goedeken
 	2007-2008 Marcus von Appen"
 LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2.1"
-REVISION="4"
+REVISION="5"
 SOURCE_URI="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pygame/pygame-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="63b038da116a643046181b02173fd894d87d2f85ecfd6aa7d5ece73c6ef501e9"
 SOURCE_DIR="pygame-$portVersion"
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ PATCHES="pygame-$portVersion.patchset"
 ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
-pythonVersion=3.10
-pythonPackage="python${pythonVersion//.}"
+PYTHON_PACKAGES=(python310)
+PYTHON_VERSIONS=(3.10)
+pythonPackage=${PYTHON_PACKAGES[i]}
+pythonVersion=${PYTHON_VERSIONS[$i]}
 
 PROVIDES="
 	pygame$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
@@ -79,18 +81,17 @@ BUILD()
 {
 #   don't build without features
 #	to build against SDL2 remove -sdl1 from the next line
-	echo "y" | $portPackageLinksDir/cmd~python3/bin/python3 setup.py build -auto -sdl1 || exit 1
+	python=python$pythonVersion
+	echo "y" | $python setup.py build -auto -sdl1 || exit 1
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
 	# GENERIC: all python_setuptools-based installs need this
-	python=$portPackageLinksDir/cmd~python3/bin/python3
-	pythonVersion=$($python --version 2>&1 | sed 's/Python //' | head -c3)
-	installLocation=$prefix/lib/python$pythonVersion/vendor-packages/
-	export PYTHONPATH=$installLocation:$PYTHONPATH
-	mkdir -p $installLocation
-
-	echo "y" | $portPackageLinksDir/cmd~python3/bin/python3 setup.py \
-		build install --prefix $prefix || exit 1
+	python=python$pythonVersion
+		installLocation=$prefix/lib/$python/vendor-packages/
+		export PYTHONPATH=$installLocation:$PYTHONPATH
+		mkdir -p $installLocation
+		$python setup.py build install \
+			--root=/ --prefix=$prefix
 }