diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wheel-inspect/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wheel-inspect/default.nix
index 88fd592da8fb..9c55dce7a353 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wheel-inspect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wheel-inspect/default.nix
@@ -1,65 +1,58 @@
 { lib
+, attrs
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchurl
-, bleach, docutils, pygments, six
-, attrs, entry-points-txt, headerparser, packaging, wheel-filename
+, entry-points-txt
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, headerparser
+, jsonschema
+, packaging
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, readme_renderer
+, wheel-filename
 }:
 
-# wheel-filename is stuck on readme_renderer~=24.0.0, but the upstream is at a
-# future version.
-let readme_renderer_24 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "readme_renderer";
-  version = "24.0.0";
-  format = "wheel";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c3/7e/d1aae793900f36b097cbfcc5e70eef82b5b56423a6c52a36dce51fedd8f0/readme_renderer-24.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl";
-    sha256 = "c8532b79afc0375a85f10433eca157d6b50f7d6990f337fa498c96cd4bfc203d";
-  };
-
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    bleach
-    docutils
-    pygments
-    six
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Python library for rendering readme descriptions";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/pypa/readme_renderer";
-    license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ayazhafiz ];
-  };
-};
-
-in buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "1.7.0";
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "wheel-inspect";
-  format = "wheel";
+  version = "1.7.1";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/jwodder/wheel-inspect/releases/download/v1.7.0/wheel_inspect-1.7.0-py3-none-any.whl";
-    sha256 = "69b34de1f4464ddfc76280c4563e4afc644de2c88e3ae6882f030afdad3d73e4";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jwodder";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-pB9Rh+A7GlxnYuka2mTSBoxpoyYCzoaMPVgsHDlpos0=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     attrs
-    bleach
-    docutils
     entry-points-txt
     headerparser
     packaging
-    pygments
-    readme_renderer_24
+    readme_renderer
     wheel-filename
   ];
 
+  checkInputs = [
+    jsonschema
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace tox.ini \
+      --replace " --cov=wheel_inspect --no-cov-on-fail" ""
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "wheel_inspect"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/jwodder/wheel-inspect";
     description = "Extract information from wheels";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jwodder/wheel-inspect";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ayazhafiz ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ayazhafiz ];
   };
 }