diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqwikswitch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqwikswitch/default.nix
index b68e11db72d6..f519e7c21275 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqwikswitch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqwikswitch/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,35 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchpatch,
   fetchPypi,
   attrs,
   requests,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyqwikswitch";
   version = "0.94";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-IpyWz+3EMr0I+xULBJJhBgdnQHNPJIM1SqKFLpszhQc=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/kellerza/pyqwikswitch/pull/7
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "replace-async-timeout-with-asyncio.timeout.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/kellerza/pyqwikswitch/commit/7b3f2211962b30bb6beea9a4fe17cd04cdf8e27f.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-sdO5jzIgKdneNY5dTngIzUFtyRg7HBGaZA1BBeAJxu4=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     attrs
     requests
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
index 212e26c50b79..88712d93b1d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
@@ -490,7 +490,6 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
       # some components are needed even if tests in tests/components are disabled
       "default_config"
       "hue"
-      "qwikswitch"
     ];
 
   pytestFlags = [