diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghrepo-stats/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghrepo-stats/default.nix
index ee83ba4a47d6..66600c873038 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghrepo-stats/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghrepo-stats/default.nix
@@ -5,27 +5,24 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   matplotlib,
   pygithub,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "ghrepo-stats";
   version = "0.5.5";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mrbean-bremen";
     repo = "ghrepo-stats";
-    tag = "v${version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-zdBIX/uetkOAalg4uJPWXRL9WUgNN+hmqUwQDTdzrzA=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    # https://github.com/mrbean-bremen/ghrepo-stats/pull/1
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "bs4" "beautifulsoup4"
-  '';
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     beautifulsoup4
     matplotlib
     pygithub
@@ -38,10 +35,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = {
     description = "Python module and CLI tool for GitHub repo statistics";
-    mainProgram = "show-ghstats";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mrbean-bremen/ghrepo-stats";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/mrbean-bremen/ghrepo-stats/blob/v${version}/CHANGES.md";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/mrbean-bremen/ghrepo-stats/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGES.md";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fab ];
+    mainProgram = "show-ghstats";
   };
-}
+})