diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/gixy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/gixy/default.nix
index e8d400d7f66d..31c2e88dd825 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/gixy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/gixy/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ in
 python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "gixy";
   version = "0.1.20";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
   # package is only compatible with python 2.7 and 3.5+
   disabled = with python.pkgs; !(pythonAtLeast "3.5" || isPy27);
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     configargparse
     pyparsing
     jinja2
-    nose
+    nose3
     setuptools
     six
   ];