diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/canmatrix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/canmatrix/default.nix
index 40407492fd63..634eec1da39d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/canmatrix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/canmatrix/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
   pyyaml,
+  setuptools,
   six,
+  versioneer,
   xlrd,
   xlwt,
 }:
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "canmatrix";
   version = "1.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -32,11 +34,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "version = versioneer.get_version()" 'version = "${version}"'
+    # Remove vendorized versioneer.py
+    rm versioneer.py
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ versioneer ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     attrs
     click
     future
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix
index 13ddc4eabec4..cac67ca5051a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_migrations_plugin"
     "func_noerror_model_unicode_lambda"
     "test_linter_should_be_pickleable_with_pylint_django_plugin_installed"
+    "func_noerror_model_fields"
+    "func_noerror_form_fields"
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pylint_django" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xlwt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xlwt/default.nix
index 67b2de049e87..b47a5c4e3cdd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xlwt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xlwt/default.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,46 @@
 {
+  lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
-  nose,
-  lib,
+  pynose,
+  setuptools,
+  pythonOlder,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "xlwt";
   version = "1.3.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "c59912717a9b28f1a3c2a98fd60741014b06b043936dcecbc113eaaada156c88";
+    hash = "sha256-xZkScXqbKPGjwqmP1gdBAUsGsEOTbc7LwRPqqtoVbIg=";
   };
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ nose ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pynose ];
+
   checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+
     nosetests -v
+
+    runHook postCheck
   '';
 
-  meta = {
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "xlwt" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "Library to create spreadsheet files compatible with MS";
     homepage = "https://github.com/python-excel/xlwt";
-    license = with lib.licenses; [
+    license = with licenses; [
       bsdOriginal
       bsd3
-      lgpl21
+      lgpl21Plus
     ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }