diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/evaluate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/evaluate/default.nix
index 83d48284b7b7..9eeb02422a47 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/evaluate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/evaluate/default.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pythonOlder,
-  pythonRelaxDepsHook,
-  cookiecutter,
   datasets,
   dill,
   fsspec,
@@ -14,8 +12,8 @@
   numpy,
   packaging,
   pandas,
-  pyarrow,
   requests,
+  setuptools,
   tqdm,
   xxhash,
 }:
@@ -23,22 +21,20 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "evaluate";
   version = "0.4.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "huggingface";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "evaluate";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-CGBluY7wFr+RdUW4QTUN18z1WKAB104ayrkzzPZHZ/w=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pythonRelaxDepsHook ];
-  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "responses" ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    cookiecutter
+  dependencies = [
     datasets
     numpy
     dill
@@ -50,7 +46,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     fsspec
     huggingface-hub
     packaging
-    pyarrow
   ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [ importlib-metadata ];
 
   # most tests require internet access.