diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipympl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipympl/default.nix
index 9863064f16ea..f461659c6500 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipympl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipympl/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , pythonOlder
 , fetchPypi
 , ipykernel
-, ipython_genutils
+, ipython-genutils
 , ipywidgets
 , matplotlib
 , numpy
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     ipykernel
-    ipython_genutils
+    ipython-genutils
     ipywidgets
     matplotlib
     numpy
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython-genutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython-genutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3a7b6c0a444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython-genutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools
+, nose
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ipython-genutils";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "ipython_genutils";
+    inherit version;
+    hash = "sha256-6y4RbnXs751NIo/cZq9UJpr6JqtEYwQuM3hbiHxii6g=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    nose
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    substituteInPlace ipython_genutils/tests/test_path.py \
+      --replace "setUp" "setup_method" \
+      --replace "tearDown" "teardown_method"
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "ipython_genutils"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Vestigial utilities from IPython";
+    homepage = "https://ipython.org/";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython-sql/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython-sql/default.nix
index 8853b066ecb6..2fc59859ab2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython-sql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython-sql/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , pythonOlder
 , ipython
-, ipython_genutils
+, ipython-genutils
 , pandas
 , prettytable
 , pytest
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     ipython
-    ipython_genutils
+    ipython-genutils
     prettytable
     sqlalchemy
     sqlparse
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython_genutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython_genutils/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2283444c23db..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython_genutils/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, nose
-, glibcLocales
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "ipython_genutils";
-  version = "0.2.0";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "eb2e116e75ecef9d4d228fdc66af54269afa26ab4463042e33785b887c628ba8";
-  };
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ nose glibcLocales ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" nosetests -v ipython_genutils/tests
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Vestigial utilities from IPython";
-    homepage = "https://ipython.org/";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-contrib-nbextensions/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-contrib-nbextensions/default.nix
index 73ba031e3992..5656043625f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-contrib-nbextensions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-contrib-nbextensions/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, ipython_genutils
+, ipython-genutils
 , jupyter-contrib-core
 , jupyter-highlight-selected-word
 , jupyter-nbextensions-configurator
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    ipython_genutils
+    ipython-genutils
     jupyter-contrib-core
     jupyter-highlight-selected-word
     jupyter-nbextensions-configurator
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclassic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclassic/default.nix
index 79febaf68518..d4730414006c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclassic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclassic/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , ipykernel
-, ipython_genutils
+, ipython-genutils
 , jinja2
 , jupyter-client
 , jupyter-core
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     argon2-cffi
     ipykernel
-    ipython_genutils
+    ipython-genutils
     jinja2
     jupyter-client
     jupyter-core
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qtconsole/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qtconsole/default.nix
index b963798f6560..a49b63eaeb15 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qtconsole/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qtconsole/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , ipykernel
 , jupyter-core
 , jupyter-client
-, ipython_genutils
+, ipython-genutils
 , pygments
 , pyqt5
 , pytestCheckHook
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     ipykernel
-    ipython_genutils
+    ipython-genutils
     jupyter-core
     jupyter-client
     pygments
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 7c315e0bea5b..a85277658353 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   imgaug = throw "imgaug has been removed as it is no longer maintained"; # added 2023-07-10
   intreehook =  throw "intreehooks has been removed because it is obsolete as a backend-path key was added to PEP 517"; # added 2023-04-11
   ipaddress = throw "ipaddress has been removed because it is no longer required since python 2.7."; # added 2022-05-30
+  ipython_genutils = ipython-genutils; # added 2023-10-12
   influxgraph = throw "influxgraph has been removed because it is no longer maintained"; # added 2022-07-10
   itanium_demangler = itanium-demangler; # added 2022-10-17
   jaraco_classes = jaraco-classes; # added 2023-07-14
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 831ae4d39def..4f03909e38f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5412,7 +5412,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ipytablewidgets = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipytablewidgets { };
 
-  ipython_genutils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipython_genutils { };
+  ipython-genutils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipython-genutils { };
 
   ipython = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipython { };