diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/avion/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/avion/default.nix
index 13a670f3d05f..1135c20bd08e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/avion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/avion/default.nix
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
   fetchPypi,
   pycryptodome,
   requests,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "avion";
   version = "0.10";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
@@ -24,7 +25,9 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
       --replace "bluepy>==1.1.4" "bluepy>=1.1.4"
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     bluepy
     csrmesh
     pycryptodome