diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jarowinkler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jarowinkler/default.nix
index 7265505fe13b..a0196265b845 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jarowinkler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jarowinkler/default.nix
@@ -2,60 +2,35 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, cmake
-, ninja
-, cython
-, rapidfuzz-capi
-, scikit-build
 , setuptools
-, wheel
-, jarowinkler-cpp
+, rapidfuzz
 , hypothesis
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jarowinkler";
-  version = "1.2.3";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  version = "2.0.1";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "maxbachmann";
     repo = "JaroWinkler";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-j+ZabVsiVitNkTPhGjDg72XogjvPaL453lTW45ITm90=";
+    hash = "sha256-B3upTBNqMyi+CH7Zx04wceEXjGJnr6S3BIl87AQkfbo=";
   };
 
-  # We cannot use Cython version 3.0.0 because the code in jarowinkler has not
-  # been adapted for https://github.com/cython/cython/issues/4280 yet
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace 'scikit-build==' 'scikit-build>=' \
-      --replace 'Cython==3.0.0a11' 'Cython'
-  '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    cython
-    ninja
-    rapidfuzz-capi
-    scikit-build
     setuptools
-    wheel
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    jarowinkler-cpp
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    rapidfuzz
   ];
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    export JAROWINKLER_BUILD_EXTENSION=1
-  '';
-
-  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
-
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     hypothesis
     pytestCheckHook
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index baf3d17e8991..733af009477c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5570,9 +5570,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   jaraco-text = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco-text { };
 
-  jarowinkler = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jarowinkler {
-    inherit (pkgs) cmake ninja;
-  };
+  jarowinkler = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jarowinkler { };
 
   javaobj-py3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/javaobj-py3 { };