diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyatmo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyatmo/default.nix
index 604735161295..544990ba7521 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyatmo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyatmo/default.nix
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyatmo";
   version = "8.0.1";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.10";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jabesq";
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
+      --replace "oauthlib~=3.1" "oauthlib" \
+      --replace "requests~=2.24" "requests"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     setuptools-scm
   ];
@@ -49,12 +55,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     time-machine
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
-      --replace "oauthlib~=3.1" "oauthlib" \
-      --replace "requests~=2.24" "requests"
-  '';
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "pyatmo"
   ];