--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-03-23 18:40:42 UTC
+++ pyproject.toml
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ requires = [
 requires = [
     # 70.1.0: min version for integrated bdist_wheel command from wheel package
     # 77.0.0: min version for SPDX expression support for project.license
-    "setuptools>=70.1.0,<82",
-    "cmake>=3.27",
-    "ninja",
+    # FreeBSD: patched to work with setuptools-63.1.0
+    "setuptools>=63.1.0",
+    #"cmake>=3.27",
+    #"ninja",
     "numpy",
     "packaging",
     "pyyaml",
@@ -22,9 +23,11 @@ dev = [
     # in PyTorch root until the project fully migrates to pyproject.toml
     # after which this can be removed as it is already specified in the
     # [build-system] section
-    "setuptools>=70.1.0,<80.0",  # setuptools develop deprecated on 80.0
-    "cmake>=3.27",
-    "ninja",
+    # FreeBSD: patched to work with setuptools-63.1.0
+    "setuptools>=63.1.0,<80.0",  # setuptools develop deprecated on 80.0
+    # FreeBSD: cmake and ninja are provided as BUILD_DEPENDS
+    # "cmake>=3.27",
+    # "ninja",
     "numpy",
     "packaging",
     "pyyaml",