diff --git a/do-not-require-wheel.patch b/do-not-require-wheel.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d36a2d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/do-not-require-wheel.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+From 8895c5c30e7f9d782fcd3a2ed7bc25aa55733922 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Miro=20Hron=C4=8Dok?= <miro@hroncok.cz>
+Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 23:42:00 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Do not require wheel when setuptools is new enough
+
+Current version of setuptools creates wheels on its own.
+---
+ README.md       | 2 +-
+ configure.ac    | 7 +++++--
+ rpm/pcs.spec.in | 2 +-
+ 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
+index a06143eba..636485be6 100644
+--- a/README.md
++++ b/README.md
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Apart from the dependencies listed above, these are also required for
+ installation:
+ 
+ * python development files (packages python3-devel, python3-setuptools 66.1+,
+-  python3-pip, python3-wheel)
++  python3-pip, python3-wheel if python3-setuptools < 71)
+ * ruby development files (package ruby-devel)
+ * rubygems
+ * rubygem bundler (package rubygem-bundler or ruby-bundler or bundler)
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 4e7d36599..0a782bfa7 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -347,12 +347,15 @@ AC_SUBST([PYAGENTX_VERSION])
+ 
+ # pip 19.0 required for PEP517 support
+ PCS_CHECK_PYMOD([pip], [>= 23.0])
+-# pip builds a wheel first
+-PCS_CHECK_PYMOD([wheel])
+ 
+ if test "x$tests_only" != "xyes"; then
+ 	# setuptools 61.0.0 required for PEP621 support
+ 	PCS_CHECK_PYMOD([setuptools], [>= 66.1])
++	# wheel is required if setuptools < 71
++	AC_PIP_MODULE([setuptools], [>= 71], [], [], [need_wheel=yes])
++	if test "x$need_wheel" = "xyes"; then
++		PCS_CHECK_PYMOD([wheel])
++	fi
+ 	PCS_CHECK_PYMOD([cryptography])
+ 	PCS_CHECK_PYMOD([lxml])
+ 	PCS_CHECK_PYMOD([pyparsing], [>= 3.0.0])
+diff --git a/rpm/pcs.spec.in b/rpm/pcs.spec.in
+index 55881a398..639a3e974 100644
+--- a/rpm/pcs.spec.in
++++ b/rpm/pcs.spec.in
+@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ BuildRequires: python%{python3_version}-pip >= 23
+ BuildRequires: python%{python3_version}-setuptools >= 66.1
+ 
+ # for building wheel during make install
+-BuildRequires: python%{python3_version}-wheel
++BuildRequires: (python%{python3_version}-wheel if python%{python3_version}-setuptools < 71)
+ 
+ # for bundling dateutil
+ %if "@cirpmworkarounds@" != "yes"
+-- 
+2.50.1
+
diff --git a/pcs.spec b/pcs.spec
index 13193cc..c103b16 100644
--- a/pcs.spec
+++ b/pcs.spec
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ Source101: https://github.com/ClusterLabs/pcs-web-ui/releases/download/%{ui_vers
 # Patch1: name.patch
 Patch1: do-not-support-cluster-setup-with-udp-u-transport.patch
 Patch2: show-info-page-instead-of-webui.patch
+Patch3: do-not-require-wheel.patch
 
 # ui patches: >200
 # Patch201: name-web-ui.patch
@@ -154,7 +155,8 @@ BuildRequires: python3-pyparsing
 BuildRequires: python3-setuptools
 BuildRequires: python3-tornado
 # for building bundled python packages
-BuildRequires: python3-wheel
+# setuptools 71+ builds wheels by itself
+BuildRequires: (python3-wheel if python3-setuptools < 71)
 # gcc for compiling custom rubygems and python extensions
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
@@ -369,6 +371,7 @@ update_times_patch(){
 # update_times_patch %%{PATCH1}
 update_times_patch %{PATCH1}
 update_times_patch %{PATCH2}
+update_times_patch %{PATCH3}
 
 # generate .tarball-version if building from an untagged commit, not a released version
 # autogen uses git-version-gen which uses .tarball-version for generating version number