diff --git a/net-analyzer/crackmapexec/crackmapexec-5.1.7-r1.ebuild b/net-analyzer/crackmapexec/crackmapexec-5.1.7-r1.ebuild
index 046d5d5da..4f5beaf78 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/crackmapexec/crackmapexec-5.1.7-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/crackmapexec/crackmapexec-5.1.7-r1.ebuild
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/CrackMapExec-${PV}dev"
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default
+	# exclude is not supported by pyproject2setuppy
+	sed -i '/^exclude/,/^\]/d' pyproject.toml || die
 }
 
-#src_install() {
-#	distutils-r1_src_install
-
 python_install() {
 	distutils-r1_python_install
 	insinto /etc/revdep-rebuild