diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/dm/dmensamenu/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/dm/dmensamenu/package.nix
index 5c6d7da2451c..f83272c2523d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/dm/dmensamenu/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dm/dmensamenu/package.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "dmensamenu";
   version = "1.2.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dotlambda";
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     })
   ];
 
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [ setuptools ];
+
   dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     requests
   ];