diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/freetype-py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freetype-py/default.nix
index d8722ae7f0e8..58fc8c10a93f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/freetype-py/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freetype-py/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
-  substituteAll,
+  replaceVars,
+  setuptools,
   setuptools-scm,
   freetype,
   pytestCheckHook,
@@ -12,17 +13,16 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "freetype-py";
   version = "2.3.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit  pname version;
+    inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-+bZM4ycqXDWNzugkgAoy1wmX+4cqCWWlV63KIPznpdA=";
     extension = "zip";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    (substituteAll {
-      src = ./library-paths.patch;
+    (replaceVars ./library-paths.patch {
       freetype = "${freetype.out}/lib/libfreetype${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}";
     })
   ];
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace-fail ', "certifi", "cmake"' ""
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ freetype ];
+  dependencies = [ freetype ];
 
   preCheck = ''
     cd tests
@@ -44,10 +47,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "freetype" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/rougier/freetype-py";
     description = "FreeType (high-level Python API)";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goertzenator ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ goertzenator ];
   };
 }