diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/whichcraft/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/whichcraft/default.nix
index b237513ef0f5..56b0c55356d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/whichcraft/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/whichcraft/default.nix
@@ -2,22 +2,21 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  setuptools,
   pytest,
-  glibcLocales,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "whichcraft";
   version = "0.6.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
+    inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
     sha256 = "11yfkzyplizdgndy34vyd5qlmr1n5mxis3a3svxmx8fnccdvknxc";
   };
 
-  env.LC_ALL = "en_US.utf-8";
-  buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytest ];
 
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/pydanny/whichcraft";
     description = "Cross-platform cross-python shutil.which functionality";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/cookiecutter/whichcraft/blob/${finalAttrs.version}/HISTORY.rst";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
   };
-}
+})