diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c41262f6ec4e0f9dc1a0ea470e3cf425c9278c38..cc9d88726b044b49dc0d4800bb3a3e3547172191 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ format:
 	black tests
 	black examples
 
-# build a wheel package in build folder and put it in dist folder
+# build a wheel package in dist folder
 build:
-	if [ -d "./build" ]; then rm -r build/*; fi
 	if [ -d "./dist" ]; then rm -r dist/*; fi
-	python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+	poetry build
 
 # upload on PyPi repository
 deploy:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd90193972dbf92e1900a1de449fec1c14a4bd7b..c4cde7ee770bc7c3d54ee9dd6c68fac6815cbe44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Change and commit and tag the new version number (semantic version number)
 
 Build the PyPi package in the `dist` folder
 ```bash
-poetry build
+make build
 ```
 
 Deploy the package to PyPi test repository (prefix the command with a space in order for the shell not to save in its history system the command containing the password)