diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-archive-all/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-archive-all/package.nix
index faeb14739afa..6cff8cfdabd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-archive-all/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-archive-all/package.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "git-archive-all";
   version = "1.23.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Kentzo";
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
       --replace "import pycodestyle" ""
   '';
 
+  build-system = [ python3Packages.setuptools ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     git
   ];