diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyinotify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyinotify/default.nix
index 427bd8a1ba34..2f4c6ca89014 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyinotify/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyinotify/default.nix
@@ -2,18 +2,24 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "pyinotify";
   version = "0.9.6";
-  format = "setuptools";
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1x3i9wmzw33fpkis203alygfnrkcmq9w1aydcm887jh6frfqm6cw";
+    pname = "pyinotify";
+    inherit (finalAttrs) version;
+    hash = "sha256-nJmKXXYGyoNQZc2rwBOubGbrnqdqAKHjvG4M/itPcfQ=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   patches = [ ./skip-asyncore-python-3.12.patch ];
 
   # No tests distributed
@@ -27,4 +33,4 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
-}
+})