diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkg-about/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkg-about/default.nix
index c807817a0576..ea1c6fde8441 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkg-about/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkg-about/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  docutils,
   fetchPypi,
+  build,
   importlib-metadata,
-  importlib-resources,
   setuptools,
   packaging,
   typing-extensions,
@@ -14,19 +13,19 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pkg-about";
-  version = "2.0.12";
+  version = "2.3.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "pkg_about";
     inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-WFhOMeBvAPaU/AIGoGlSziJ633TrGBgOcbfBxAm3H8E=";
+    hash = "sha256-g+RduU/aLD+UwZVexONXa8+rQznVmybC5G4ZnIugPqI=";
   };
 
-  # tox is listed in build requirements but not actually used to build
-  # keeping it as a requirement breaks the build unnecessarily
+  # Unnecessarily requires the newest versions available for these
   postPatch = ''
-    sed -i "/requires/s/, 'tox>=[^']*'//" pyproject.toml
+    sed -i 's/"setuptools>=[^"]*"/"setuptools>=${setuptools.version}"/' pyproject.toml
+    sed -i 's/"packaging>=[^"]*"/"packaging>=${packaging.version}"/' pyproject.toml
   '';
 
   build-system = [
@@ -35,11 +34,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   dependencies = [
-    docutils
+    build
     importlib-metadata
-    importlib-resources
     packaging
-    setuptools
     typing-extensions
   ];
 
@@ -48,6 +45,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
+  # Tries and fails to install itself via pip
+  disabledTests = [ "test_about_from_setup" ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pkg_about" ];
 
   meta = {