diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-io/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-io/default.nix
index 0bd4fdc27b79..a1b0ed35318f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-io/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-io/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
   lml,
-  isPy3k,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyexcel-io";
-  version = "0.6.6";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.6.7";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = !isPy3k;
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-9ghL8a+l+/TGHPffRDcPpROCGvGIsC4+GbXvtm2Klp8=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pyexcel";
+    repo = "pyexcel-io";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-fRayB+XKWpPson64lbJ0KvCK75+H2H2Kd18Jc7ocJPU=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ lml ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [ lml ];
 
   # Tests depend on stuff that depends on this.
   doCheck = false;