diff --git a/meta/classes/flit_core.bbclass b/meta/classes/flit_core.bbclass
index 5a602f54ab..81fdf93e47 100644
--- a/meta/classes/flit_core.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/flit_core.bbclass
@@ -2,15 +2,10 @@ inherit python_pep517 python3native python3-dir setuptools3-base
 
 DEPENDS += "python3 python3-flit-core-native"
 
+PEP517_BUILD_API = "flit_core.buildapi"
+
 flit_core_do_configure () {
     :
 }
 
-# TODO: ideally this uses pypa/build
-flit_core_do_compile () {
-    cd ${PEP517_SOURCE_PATH}
-    nativepython3 -mflit_core.wheel --outdir ${PEP517_WHEEL_PATH}
-}
-do_compile[cleandirs] += "${PEP517_WHEEL_PATH}"
-
-EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure do_compile
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure