diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/default.nix
index a7c1c1ab9b3b..280d53d2d8f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/default.nix
@@ -1,38 +1,80 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
-, billiard, click, click-didyoumean, click-plugins, click-repl, kombu, pytz, vine
-, boto3, case, moto, pytest, pytest-celery, pytest-subtests, pytest-timeout
+{ lib
+, billiard
+, boto3
+, buildPythonPackage
+, case
+, click
+, click-didyoumean
+, click-plugins
+, click-repl
+, fetchPypi
+, kombu
+, moto
+, pymongo
+, pytest-celery
+, pytest-subtests
+, pytest-timeout
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, pytz
+, vine
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "celery";
   version = "5.2.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "sha256-tBpZC0nK+OZJilfbYo5YDV+Nxv69oPQt5deDrtW3+Ag=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ billiard click click-didyoumean click-plugins click-repl kombu pytz vine ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    billiard
+    click
+    click-didyoumean
+    click-plugins
+    click-repl
+    kombu
+    pytz
+    vine
+  ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ boto3 case moto pytest pytest-celery pytest-subtests pytest-timeout ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    boto3
+    case
+    moto
+    pymongo
+    pytest-celery
+    pytest-subtests
+    pytest-timeout
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
-  # ignore test that's incompatible with pytest5
-  # test_eventlet touches network
-  # test_mongodb requires pymongo
-  # test_multi tries to create directories under /var
-  checkPhase = ''
-    pytest -k 'not restore_current_app_fallback and not msgpack and not on_apply and not pytest' \
-      --ignore=t/unit/contrib/test_pytest.py \
-      --ignore=t/unit/concurrency/test_eventlet.py \
-      --ignore=t/unit/bin/test_multi.py \
-      --ignore=t/unit/apps/test_multi.py \
-      --ignore=t/unit/backends/test_mongodb.py
-  '';
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # test_eventlet touches network
+    "t/unit/concurrency/test_eventlet.py"
+    # test_multi tries to create directories under /var
+    "t/unit/bin/test_multi.py"
+    "t/unit/apps/test_multi.py"
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    "msgpack"
+    "test_check_privileges_no_fchown"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "celery"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/celery/celery/";
     description = "Distributed task queue";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/celery/celery/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }