diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvmomi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvmomi/default.nix
index 7c9102a7c0d2..9ca4de0a1890 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvmomi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvmomi/default.nix
@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@
   requests,
   six,
   pyopenssl,
-  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyvmomi";
   version = "9.0.0.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vmware";
@@ -23,7 +21,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-4r0UtLR1dhhNQ+Lx12JiEozDAjMxPly+RR0LWRg/A4E=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     requests
     six
   ];