diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/edalize/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/edalize/default.nix
index 74bfb8e0bfd1..61d17edbe4a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/edalize/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/edalize/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
 , coreutils
 , jinja2
 , pandas
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "edalize";
   version = "0.5.4";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -31,6 +33,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     patchShebangs tests/mock_commands/vsim
   '';
 
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     jinja2
   ];