diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ignite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ignite/default.nix
index d1bac885264f..efa9a412a05d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ignite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ignite/default.nix
@@ -2,22 +2,23 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pytest-xdist,
   torchvision,
-  pythonOlder,
   matplotlib,
   mock,
   packaging,
   torch,
-  scikit-learn,
-  tqdm,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ignite";
   version = "0.5.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pytorch";
@@ -26,6 +27,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-J0xrqAGwH0bAs59T7zA8irMWOGbE2+Zd9kwqxYUYYMA=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    packaging
+    torch
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     matplotlib
@@ -33,12 +41,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytest-xdist
     torchvision
   ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    packaging
-    torch
-    scikit-learn
-    tqdm
-  ];
 
   # runs successfully in 3.9, however, async isn't correctly closed so it will fail after test suite.
   doCheck = pythonOlder "3.9";
@@ -76,10 +78,22 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "visdom"
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "ignite"
+    "ignite.engine"
+    "ignite.handlers"
+    "ignite.metrics"
+    "ignite.distributed"
+    "ignite.exceptions"
+    "ignite.utils"
+    "ignite.contrib"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
     description = "High-level training library for PyTorch";
-    homepage = "https://pytorch.org/ignite";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.bcdarwin ];
+    homepage = "https://pytorch-ignite.ai";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pytorch/ignite/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.bcdarwin ];
   };
 }