diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/persim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/persim/default.nix
index 9c8dbff7ac49..b54a4d1ff558 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/persim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/persim/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  setuptools,
   deprecated,
   hopcroftkarp,
   joblib,
@@ -12,17 +13,24 @@
   pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "persim";
   version = "0.3.8";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
+    inherit (finalAttrs) version;
+    pname = "persim";
     hash = "sha256-4T0YWEF2uKdk0W1+Vt8I3Mi6ZsazJXoHI0W+O9WbpA0=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     deprecated
     hopcroftkarp
     joblib
@@ -43,27 +51,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "persim" ];
 
-  disabledTests = [
-    # AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Iterable'
-    "test_empyt_diagram_list"
-    "test_empty_diagram_list"
-    "test_fit_diagram"
-    "test_integer_diagrams"
-    "test_lists_of_lists"
-    "test_mixed_pairs"
-    "test_multiple_diagrams"
-    "test_n_pixels"
-    # https://github.com/scikit-tda/persim/issues/67
-    "test_persistenceimager"
-    # ValueError: setting an array element with a sequence
-    "test_exact_critical_pairs"
-  ];
-
   meta = {
     description = "Distances and representations of persistence diagrams";
     homepage = "https://persim.scikit-tda.org";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/scikit-tda/persim/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/scikit-tda/persim/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
-}
+})