diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/webtest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webtest/default.nix
index 15a36b3dc8f1..da51af3e701b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/webtest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webtest/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   beautifulsoup4,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
-  fetchpatch,
+  setuptools,
   pastedeploy,
   pyquery,
   pytestCheckHook,
@@ -16,27 +16,19 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "webtest";
-  version = "3.0.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "3.0.1";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    pname = "WebTest";
-    inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-VL2WlyWDjZhhqfon+Nlx950nXZSuJV9cUB9Tu22ZKes=";
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-STtcgC+JSKZbXjoa1bJSTuXhq2DNcT2aPaO42ggsBv4=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # Replace deprecated unittest aliases for Python 3.12
-      name = "webtest-python312-compat.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/Pylons/webtest/commit/d82ec5bd2cf3c7109a1d49ad9fa802ae1eae1763.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-hSwxAxAI3Eo28I8S+r2k/hFG8TlzrVYup3MuTsE+xXk=";
-    })
-  ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     beautifulsoup4
     six
     waitress