diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/testing-common-database/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/testing-common-database/default.nix
index 021b3e7ef7e2..0555bd8ee025 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/testing-common-database/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/testing-common-database/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "testing.common.database";
   version = "2.0.3";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
@@ -15,9 +17,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/testing/common/database.py \
-      --replace "collections.Callable" "collections.abc.Callable"
+      --replace-fail "collections.Callable" "collections.abc.Callable"
   '';
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   # There are no unit tests
   doCheck = false;