diff --git a/make/py-defs.mk b/make/py-defs.mk
index 5dfe6404..fee7f5a8 100644
--- a/make/py-defs.mk
+++ b/make/py-defs.mk
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ else
   PY_SITE_PACKAGES_PATH     := $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "import site; print([d for d in site.getsitepackages() if d.find('/local/') == -1][0])")
 endif
 
-ifndef PY_PREREQ_BUILD
-  PY_PREREQ_BUILD           := $(shell $(proj_query_cmd) pkg-requires --subsections jw -d ' ' -p --no-version build $(PROJECT))
-endif
-
-ifndef PY_PREREQ_BUILD_DIRS
-  PY_PREREQ_BUILD_DIRS      := $(shell $(proj_query_cmd) proj-dir $(PY_PREREQ_BUILD))
-endif
-
 PY_MYPY                     ?= mypy --ignore-missing-imports --no-namespace-packages
 
 PY_SRC_PY                   ?= $(wildcard *.py)