diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/attrdict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/attrdict/default.nix
index 4054fbd78b68..fb7bc91ad132 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/attrdict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/attrdict/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, coverage
-, pythonOlder
-, nose
-, pytestCheckHook
-, six
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchPypi,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
+  six,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "attrdict";
   version = "2.0.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -20,36 +20,30 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-NckGmLVcaDlGCRF3F3qenAcToIYPDgSf69cmSczXe3A=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    six
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    coverage
-    nose
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace attrdict/merge.py \
-      --replace "from collections" "from collections.abc"
+      --replace-fail "from collections" "from collections.abc"
     substituteInPlace attrdict/mapping.py \
-      --replace "from collections" "from collections.abc"
+      --replace-fail "from collections" "from collections.abc"
     substituteInPlace attrdict/default.py \
-      --replace "from collections" "from collections.abc"
+      --replace-fail "from collections" "from collections.abc"
     substituteInPlace attrdict/mixins.py \
-      --replace "from collections" "from collections.abc"
+      --replace-fail "from collections" "from collections.abc"
   '';
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [ six ];
+
   # Tests are not shipped and source is not tagged
   doCheck = false;
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "attrdict"
-  ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "attrdict" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A dict with attribute-style access";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bcj/AttrDict";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/bcj/AttrDict/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };