diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyinputevent/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyinputevent/default.nix
index c3d226a416c0..4b5be38ea204 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyinputevent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyinputevent/default.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,25 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage {
   pname = "pyinputevent";
-  version = "2016-10-18";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.1-unstable-2015-10-18";
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ntzrmtthihu777";
     repo = "pyinputevent";
     rev = "d2075fa5db5d8a402735fe788bb33cf9fe272a5b";
-    sha256 = "0rkis0xp8f9jc00x7jb9kbvhdla24z1vl30djqa6wy6fx0cr6sib";
+    hash = "sha256-K2qTGejOeG4Ulg0MusMnQtEG95ppydMBYDI5dDvQcWY=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ntzrmtthihu777/pyinputevent";
     description = "Python interface to the Input Subsystem's input_event and uinput";