Index: matplotlib-3.2.1/setupext.py
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--- matplotlib-3.2.1.orig/setupext.py
+++ matplotlib-3.2.1/setupext.py
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ class FreeType(SetupPackage):
         ext.sources.insert(0, 'src/checkdep_freetype2.c')
         if options.get('local_freetype'):
             src_path = pathlib.Path(
-                'build', f'freetype-{LOCAL_FREETYPE_VERSION}')
+                f'freetype-{LOCAL_FREETYPE_VERSION}')
             # Statically link to the locally-built freetype.
             # This is certainly broken on Windows.
             ext.include_dirs.insert(0, str(src_path / 'include'))
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ class FreeType(SetupPackage):
         if not options.get('local_freetype'):
             return
 
-        src_path = pathlib.Path('build', f'freetype-{LOCAL_FREETYPE_VERSION}')
+        src_path = pathlib.Path(f'freetype-{LOCAL_FREETYPE_VERSION}')
 
         # We've already built freetype
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
@@ -555,7 +555,6 @@ class FreeType(SetupPackage):
 
         # do we need to download / load the source from cache?
         if not src_path.exists():
-            os.makedirs('build', exist_ok=True)
 
             url_fmts = [
                 ('https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype'