diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlfmt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlfmt/default.nix
index 709a4746c8c9..2f1dff47901a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlfmt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlfmt/default.nix
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@
   click,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   gitpython,
-  importlib-metadata,
   jinja2,
   platformdirs,
   poetry-core,
   pytest-asyncio,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
-  tomli,
   tqdm,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.27.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.12";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tconbeer";
@@ -30,16 +29,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-Yel9SB7KrDqtuZxNx4omz6u4AID8Fk5kFYKBEZD1fuU=";
   };
 
-  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "platformdirs" ];
-
   build-system = [ poetry-core ];
 
   dependencies = [
     click
-    importlib-metadata
     jinja2
     platformdirs
-    tomli
     tqdm
   ];
 
@@ -51,11 +46,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytest-asyncio
     pytestCheckHook
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ]
   ++ lib.flatten (builtins.attrValues optional-dependencies);
 
   preCheck = ''
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
     export PATH="$PATH:$out/bin";
   '';