diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/livelossplot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/livelossplot/default.nix
index a329967b2a51..80ef631363e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/livelossplot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/livelossplot/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
   pytestCheckHook,
   bokeh,
   ipython,
   matplotlib,
-  numpy,
   nbconvert,
   nbformat,
 }:
@@ -15,34 +14,35 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "livelossplot";
   version = "0.5.6";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "stared";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-qC1FBFJyf2IlDIffJ5Xs89WcN/GFA/8maODhc1u2xhA=";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-qC1FBFJyf2IlDIffJ5Xs89WcN/GFA/8maODhc1u2xhA=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     bokeh
-    ipython
     matplotlib
-    numpy
   ];
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "livelossplot" ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
+    ipython
     nbconvert
     nbformat
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Live training loss plot in Jupyter for Keras, PyTorch, and others";
     homepage = "https://github.com/stared/livelossplot";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
   };
 }