diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-maintenance-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-maintenance-mode/default.nix
index e6940c53b430..9cd0950d2547 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-maintenance-mode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-maintenance-mode/default.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,29 @@
 { lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , buildPythonPackage
 , django
-, python-fsutil
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , python
+, python-fsutil
 , pythonOlder
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "django-maintenance-mode";
   version = "0.19.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "fabiocaccamo";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "django-maintenance-mode";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
     hash = "sha256-NAm3xMcHePTYxysihYj48bk7r9ykEtPcxPjSEju/zMM=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-broken-test.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/fabiocaccamo/django-maintenance-mode/commit/68cde8d9ceef00eeaa2068f420698c1c562fa9fc.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-K/zYYkcnmWGc7Knz4l9PgvUtT0IccPRXc3UFriC1ldc=";
-    })
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -43,11 +39,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     runHook postCheck
   '';
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "maintenance_mode"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Shows a 503 error page when maintenance-mode is on";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fabiocaccamo/django-maintenance-mode";
     changelog = "https://github.com/fabiocaccamo/django-maintenance-mode/releases/tag/${version}";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mrmebelman ];
     license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mrmebelman ];
   };
 }