diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/geodatasets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/geodatasets/default.nix
index ce2ac4e968c0..fc52fa497c09 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/geodatasets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/geodatasets/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonOlder,
 
   geopandas,
   pooch,
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "geodatasets";
   version = "2025.12.0";
   pyproject = true;
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "geopandas";
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools-scm ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pooch ];
+  dependencies = [ pooch ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     geopandas