diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmlmin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmlmin/default.nix
index be5f6c485cfa..f528ef06fb4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmlmin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmlmin/default.nix
@@ -2,28 +2,36 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
-  pythonAtLeast,
+  setuptools,
+  standard-cgi,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "htmlmin";
   version = "0.1.12";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "50c1ef4630374a5d723900096a961cff426dff46b48f34d194a81bbe14eca178";
+    hash = "sha256-UMHvRjA3Sl1yOQAJapYc/0Jt/0a0jzTRlKgbvhTsoXg=";
   };
 
-  # Tests run fine in a normal source checkout, but not when being built by nix.
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    standard-cgi
+  ];
+
+  # pypi tarball does not contain tests
   doCheck = false;
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Configurable HTML Minifier with safety features";
     mainProgram = "htmlmin";
-    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/htmlmin";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    broken = pythonAtLeast "3.13"; # requires removed cgi module
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mankyd/htmlmin";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ nickcao ];
   };
 }