diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipylab/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipylab/default.nix
index 90c9b8a0ae1f..a10fa6ff1fff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipylab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipylab/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
   hatchling,
+  hatch-jupyter-builder,
   hatch-nodejs-version,
   ipywidgets,
   jupyterlab,
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "1.0.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
+  # This needs to be fetched from Pypi, as we rely on the nodejs build to be skipped,
+  # which only happens if ipylab/labextension/style.js is present.
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-xPB0Sx+W1sRgW5hqpZ68zWRFG/cclIOgGat6UsVlYXA=";
@@ -20,12 +23,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [
     hatchling
+    hatch-jupyter-builder
     hatch-nodejs-version
     jupyterlab
   ];
 
-  env.HATCH_BUILD_NO_HOOKS = true;
-
   dependencies = [
     ipywidgets
   ];
@@ -41,10 +43,5 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/jtpio/ipylab/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ flokli ];
-    badPlatforms = [
-      # Unclear why it breaks on darwin only
-      # ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ipylab._version'
-      lib.systems.inspect.patterns.isDarwin
-    ];
   };
 }