diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qu/quast/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qu/quast/package.nix
index ffef7d3c0e83..84dbd28329b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qu/quast/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qu/quast/package.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ in
 pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "quast";
   version = "5.3.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  format = "other";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/ablab/quast/releases/download/quast_${version}/quast-${version}.tar.gz";