diff --git a/package/supervisor/Config.in b/package/supervisor/Config.in
index 53401810f3..c511dd8705 100644
--- a/package/supervisor/Config.in
+++ b/package/supervisor/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SUPERVISOR
 	bool "supervisor"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MELD3
 	help
 	  A client/server system that allows its users to control a
diff --git a/package/supervisor/supervisor.mk b/package/supervisor/supervisor.mk
index 40ad8ce3a9..d2d58e2c85 100644
--- a/package/supervisor/supervisor.mk
+++ b/package/supervisor/supervisor.mk
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@
 SUPERVISOR_VERSION = 3.0a12
 SUPERVISOR_SITE = http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/supervisor/
 SUPERVISOR_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSES.txt
+SUPERVISOR_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 
-SUPERVISOR_DEPENDENCIES = python host-python-setuptools
-
-define SUPERVISOR_BUILD_CMDS
-	(cd $(@D); $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python setup.py build)
-endef
-
-define SUPERVISOR_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	(cd $(@D); $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root=$(TARGET_DIR))
-	sed -i '1s|#!.*python.*|#!/usr/bin/env python|' $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/{echo_supervisord_conf,pidproxy,supervisorctl,supervisord}
+define SUPERVISOR_INSTALL_CONF_FILES
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/supervisor.d
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/supervisor/supervisord.conf $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/supervisord.conf
-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 package/supervisor/S99supervisord $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S99supervisord
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/supervisor/supervisord.conf \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/supervisord.conf
 endef
 
-$(eval $(generic-package))
+SUPERVISOR_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += SUPERVISOR_INSTALL_CONF_FILES
+
+define SUPERVISOR_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 package/supervisor/S99supervisord \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S99supervisord
+endef
+
+$(eval $(python-package))