diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycaption/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycaption/default.nix
index 833eb9f6b088..7df7ed1f70ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycaption/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycaption/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
 , beautifulsoup4
 , lxml
 , cssutils
@@ -16,13 +17,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-fYhxHC2pQD16GF6fm7ZiyljaLtORa0yuV9hcKntzPAI=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pbs";
+    repo = "pycaption";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-IPCU9MsBY+Vsk6SrR9+3j4Izfhw5LeUrK0KUa3seSs4=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     beautifulsoup4
     lxml
@@ -38,8 +45,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
-  doCheck = false;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/pbs/pycaption/blob/${version}/docs/changelog.rst";
     description = "Closed caption converter";