diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/autoslot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/autoslot/default.nix
index 55059da486a0..84c504bed8ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/autoslot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/autoslot/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "autoslot";
-  version = "2022.12.1";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  version = "2024.12.1";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -18,16 +18,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "cjrh";
     repo = "autoslot";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-fG4rRwRubJt2aXChEsMybEKal6LscZI7GA2uwtK5Vtg=";
+    hash = "sha256-wYjsBrjvSZFHDt0HLrnS9Xwk8EHVQupfPSkQnUFmMAk=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace 'requires = ["flit"]' 'requires = ["flit_core"]' \
-      --replace 'build-backend = "flit.buildapi"' 'build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"'
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ flit-core ];
+  build-system = [ flit-core ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];