diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/recipe-scrapers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recipe-scrapers/default.nix
index 097ff6f693f3..9da9db72da9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/recipe-scrapers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recipe-scrapers/default.nix
@@ -29,17 +29,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-IAsa/GjTydKZq9Nh9MSVRb2DujICVQT38hMPTjzQyBw=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     beautifulsoup4
     extruct
     isodate
     language-tags
     regex
-    requests
   ];
 
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    online = [ requests ];
+  };
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     responses