diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/area/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/area/default.nix
index 30d8efbf6644..b9fbb93227d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/area/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/area/default.nix
@@ -2,24 +2,31 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "area";
   version = "1.1.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "18k5hwmlxhajlq306zxndsglb11vv8vd4vpmwx8dpvfxd1kbksya";
+    inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-yuu5Zmjd7dtQ5/Vu0jbaO4RFn262fwMGplLBTiuHZaI=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   # tests not working on the package from pypi
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "area" ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Calculate the area inside of any GeoJSON geometry. This is a port of Mapbox’s geojson-area for Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/scisco/area";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
   };
-}
+})