diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-coverage/patches/no-versioned-coverage.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-coverage/patches/no-versioned-coverage.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fefbfc0af76..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-coverage/patches/no-versioned-coverage.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -86,12 +86,9 @@ setup_args = dict(
-     },
- 
-     entry_points={
--        # Install a script as "coverage", and as "coverage[23]", and as
--        # "coverage-2.7" (or whatever).
-+        # Install a script as "coverage"
-         'console_scripts': [
-             'coverage = coverage.cmdline:main',
--            'coverage%d = coverage.cmdline:main' % sys.version_info[:1],
--            'coverage-%d.%d = coverage.cmdline:main' % sys.version_info[:2],
-         ],
-     },
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-coverage/template b/srcpkgs/python3-coverage/template
index 223f93ac444..514705a375c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-coverage/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-coverage/template
@@ -1,17 +1,36 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-coverage'
 pkgname=python3-coverage
-version=5.0.3
-revision=5
-build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+version=7.2.7
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-pep517
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
-depends="python3-setuptools"
-checkdepends="python3-pytest-xdist python3-flaky python3-unittest-mixins"
-short_desc="Code coverage testing for Python3"
+checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest-xdist python3-flaky python3-hypothesis"
+short_desc="Code coverage tool for Python"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
-homepage="https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy"
+homepage="https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nedbat/coveragepy/master/CHANGES.rst"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/c/coverage/coverage-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=77afca04240c40450c331fa796b3eab6f1e15c5ecf8bf2b8bee9706cd5452fef
-# coverage executable needs to run for many tests
-make_check=no
+checksum=924d94291ca674905fe9481f12294eb11f2d3d3fd1adb20314ba89e94f44ed59
+
+pre_check() {
+	# required setup, see tox.ini
+	python igor.py zip_mods
+}
+
+do_check() {
+	# Running via PYTHONPATH breaks a few tests so we use a venv
+	local testdir="${wrksrc}/.xbps-testdir/$(date +%s)"
+	python3 -m venv --system-site-packages --without-pip "${testdir}"
+
+	local testpy="${testdir}/bin/python3"
+	"${testpy}" -m installer dist/*.whl
+	PATH="${testdir}/bin:${PATH}" "${testpy}" -m pytest -n ${XBPS_MAKEJOBS}
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	# remove versioned scripts (keep only /usr/bin/coverage)
+	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/coverage3
+	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/coverage-${py3_ver}
+}