diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/autocommand/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/autocommand/default.nix
index eeee08ec4927..11ee55d6417d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/autocommand/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/autocommand/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonOlder
 }:
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "autocommand";
   version = "2.2.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -19,6 +20,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-9bv9Agj4RpeyNJvTLUaMwygQld2iZZkoLb81rkXOd3E=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    #  _MissingDynamic: `license` defined outside of `pyproject.toml` is ignored.
+    rm setup.py
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   # fails with: SyntaxError: invalid syntax
   doCheck = false;