diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/traits/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/traits/default.nix
index f222f9dba2a0..aea469d1523f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/traits/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/traits/default.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
   pythonOlder,
+  fetchpatch2,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "traits";
   version = "6.4.3";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
@@ -17,15 +19,22 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-qbv9ngwIt94H6G72TmnLlqKcIQWkO/gyzYsWL6HiL0Q=";
   };
 
-  # Circular dependency
-  doCheck = false;
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/enthought/traits/commit/a20f2154b2c79eb8550ea9228d1a4415ff51b72a.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-ycStcpxlvmobL3ZXaSbGrXAzk/Tkjs3BJ67lnwZpeVA=";
+      excludes = [ ".github/*" ];
+    })
+  ];
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "traits" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Explicitly typed attributes for Python";
     homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/traits";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bot-wxt1221 ];
   };
 }