diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkutils/default.nix
index c383f5ff86c4..48afe57ef34a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkutils/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,48 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, isPy3k
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, semver
-  # Check Inputs
 , nose
+, pythonOlder
+, semver
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pkutils";
-  version = "1.1.1";
-  disabled = !isPy3k; # some tests using semver fail due to unicode errors on Py2.7
+  version = "2.0.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "reubano";
     repo = "pkutils";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "01yaq9sz6vyxk8yiss6hsmy70qj642cr2ifk0sx1mlh488flcm62";
+    sha256 = "sha256-jvRUjuxlcfmJOX50bnZR/pP2Axe1KDy9/KGXTL4yPxA=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ semver ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    semver
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    nose
+  ];
 
-  # Remove when https://github.com/reubano/pkutils/pull/4 merged
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace requirements.txt --replace "semver>=2.2.1,<2.7.3" "semver"
+    # Remove when https://github.com/reubano/pkutils/pull/4 merged
+    substituteInPlace requirements.txt \
+      --replace "semver>=2.2.1,<2.7.3" "semver"
   '';
 
-  checkInputs = [ nose ];
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pkutils" ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    nosetests
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
 
-  checkPhase = "nosetests";
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pkutils"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A Python packaging utility library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygogo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygogo/default.nix
index 8af5e856c41f..8cee037bb106 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygogo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygogo/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pygogo";
   version = "0.13.2";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
@@ -20,14 +21,31 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "19rdf4sjrm5lp1vq1bki21a9lrkzz8sgrfwgjdkq4sgy90hn1jn9";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkutils ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkutils
+  ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ nose ];
-  checkPhase = "nosetests";
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pygogo" ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    nose
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace dev-requirements.txt \
+      --replace "pkutils>=1.0.0,<2.0.0" "pkutils>=1.0.0"
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    nosetests
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pygogo"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Python logging library with super powers";
+    description = "Python logging library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/reubano/pygogo/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ drewrisinger ];