diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fontconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fontconfig/default.nix
index a22b41a3d11a..369b41f5522c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fontconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fontconfig/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   cython,
   fetchPypi,
-  fetchpatch,
   fontconfig,
   freefont_ttf,
   lib,
   makeFontsConf,
   python,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -15,34 +15,35 @@ let
 in
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-fontconfig";
-  version = "0.5.1";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    pname = "Python-fontconfig";
+    pname = "python_fontconfig";
     inherit version;
-    sha256 = "154rfd0ygcbj9y8m32n537b457yijpfx9dvmf76vi0rg4ikf7kxp";
+    sha256 = "sha256-1esVZVMvkcAKWchaOrIki2CYoJDffN1PW+A9nXWjCeU=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ fontconfig ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];
-
-  patches = [
-    # distutils has been removed since python 3.12
-    # See https://github.com/vayn/python-fontconfig/pull/10
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "no-distutils.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/vayn/python-fontconfig/commit/15e1a72c90e93a665569e0ba771ae53c7c8020c8.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-2mAemltWh3+LV4FDOg6uSD09zok3Eyd+v1WJJdouOV8=";
-    })
+  build-system = [
+    cython
+    setuptools
   ];
 
+  buildInputs = [ fontconfig ];
+
   preBuild = ''
     ${python.pythonOnBuildForHost.interpreter} setup.py build_ext -i
   '';
 
-  checkPhase = ''
+  preCheck = ''
     export FONTCONFIG_FILE=${fontsConf};
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
     echo y | ${python.interpreter} test/test.py
+    runHook postCheck
   '';
 
   meta = {