diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiounittest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiounittest/default.nix
index 4358c22f8be0..045613837902 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiounittest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiounittest/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonAtLeast
+, setuptools
 , nose
 , coverage
-, isPy27
 , wrapt
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "aiounittest";
   version = "1.4.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
-  disabled = isPy27;
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  # requires the imp module
+  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.12";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kwarunek";
@@ -20,6 +23,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-7lDOI1SHPpRZLTHRTmfbKlZH18T73poJdFyVmb+HKms=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     wrapt
   ];