diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/amaranth-boards/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/amaranth-boards/default.nix
index a5ebd6ea735f..2475c93f8c61 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/amaranth-boards/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/amaranth-boards/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "amaranth-boards";
   version = "0-unstable-2023-12-13";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
   # python setup.py --version
   realVersion = "0.1.dev202+g${lib.substring 0 7 src.rev}";
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-dwZCKMJnEY9RjzkcJ9r3TEC7W+Wfi/P7Hjl4/d60/qo=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools setuptools-scm ];
   dependencies = [ setuptools amaranth ];
 
   preBuild = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/domeneshop/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/domeneshop/default.nix
index a642154e12b6..ab01424c0940 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/domeneshop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/domeneshop/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , pythonOlder
+, setuptools
 , urllib3
 , pyopenssl
 , cryptography
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "domeneshop";
   version = "0.4.3";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.4";
 
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-kL0X1mEsmVWqnq5NgsMBxeAu48zjmi3muhZYryTCOMo=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     certifi
     urllib3
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/frozendict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/frozendict/default.nix
index e1ded2da5f9b..5405e570ed8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/frozendict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/frozendict/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonAtLeast
 , pythonOlder
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "frozendict";
   version = "2.4.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     fi
   '';
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyrender/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyrender/default.nix
index 8863aefe3225..41214174ae78 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyrender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyrender/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , pythonOlder
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchpatch
+, setuptools
 , freetype-py
 , imageio
 , networkx
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyrender";
   version = "0.1.45";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
         'bm = trimesh.load("tests/data/WaterBottle.glb").geometry["WaterBottle"]'
   '';
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     freetype-py
     imageio
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytikz-allefeld/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytikz-allefeld/default.nix
index 47981ef0cb5c..9dd0bdb2bbe6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytikz-allefeld/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytikz-allefeld/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
+, setuptools
 , pymupdf
 , numpy
 , ipython
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pytikz-allefeld"; # "pytikz" on pypi is a different module
   version = "unstable-2022-11-01";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-G59UUkpjttJKNBN0MB/A9CftO8tO3nv8qlTxt3/fKHk=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     pymupdf
     numpy
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvis/default.nix
index 5c375374d51d..cb39d67192c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvis/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchpatch
 , buildPythonPackage
+, setuptools
 , networkx
 , jinja2
 , ipython
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyvis";
   version = "0.3.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "WestHealth";
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-eo9Mk2c0hrBarCrzwmkXha3Qt4Bl1qR7Lhl9EkUx96E=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     jinja2
     networkx
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/remi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/remi/default.nix
index 490a7361613e..64b6a7066974 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/remi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/remi/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
 , pytestCheckHook
 , matplotlib
 , python-snap7
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "remi";
   version = "2022.7.27";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rawpython";
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
         "self.assertEqual("
   '';
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     python-snap7
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/snaptime/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/snaptime/default.nix
index 51e51db76183..8f148eba4e68 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/snaptime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/snaptime/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, setuptools
 , python-dateutil
 , pytz
 }:
@@ -8,13 +9,17 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "snaptime";
   version = "0.2.4";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-4/HriQQ9WNMHIauYy2UCPxpMJ0DjsZdwQpixY8ktUIs=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     python-dateutil
     pytz