diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/appdaemon.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/appdaemon.nix
index 89515fa265d3..167e740f2181 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/appdaemon.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/appdaemon.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   version = "4.4.2";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = python3.pythonOlder "3.8";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "AppDaemon";
     repo = "appdaemon";
@@ -17,12 +15,10 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-T3InE4J4qYeFJTq6nrW8y5BOA7Z0n3t9eVpl641r/xk=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    # relax dependencies
-    sed -i 's/~=/>=/' pyproject.toml
-  '';
+  pythonRelaxDeps = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    pythonRelaxDepsHook
     setuptools
   ];