diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python3-eventlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python3-eventlib/default.nix
index e3994ff3ac35..a2e63e597ffa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python3-eventlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python3-eventlib/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 {
   lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  isPy3k,
-  zope-interface,
-  twisted,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   greenlet,
+  setuptools,
+  twisted,
+  zope-interface,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "python3-eventlib";
   version = "0.3.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  disabled = !isPy3k;
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "AGProjects";
     repo = "python3-eventlib";
-    rev = version;
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-jN9nn+rI4TJLrEiEIoVxQ3XnXWSws1FenGUfG3doc94=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    zope-interface
-    twisted
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     greenlet
+    twisted
+    zope-interface
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "eventlib" ];
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Networking library written in Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/AGProjects/python3-eventlib";
-    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ chanley ];
     longDescription = ''
       Eventlib is a networking library written in Python. It achieves high
       scalability by using non-blocking I/O while at the same time retaining
       high programmer usability by using coroutines to make the non-blocking io
       operations appear blocking at the source code level.
     '';
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ chanley ];
   };
-}
+})