diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/stig/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/stig/package.nix
index 7c6dec75cee6..1f82c837e928 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/stig/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/stig/package.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 {
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  python310Packages,
+  python3Packages,
   testers,
   stig,
 }:
 
-python310Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "stig";
   # This project has a different concept for pre release / alpha,
   # Read the project's README for details: https://github.com/rndusr/stig#stig
   version = "0.12.10a0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rndusr";
@@ -19,7 +20,11 @@ python310Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-lSFI4/DxWl17KFgLXZ7c5nW/e5IUGN7s8Gm6wTM5ZWg=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python310Packages; [
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     urwid
     urwidtrees
     aiohttp
@@ -30,27 +35,11 @@ python310Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     setproctitle
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = with python310Packages; [
-    asynctest
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  dontUseSetuptoolsCheck = true;
-
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LC_ALL=C
-  '';
-
-  disabledTestPaths = [
-    # Almost all tests fail in this file, it is reported upstream in:
-    # https://github.com/rndusr/stig/issues/214 , and upstream fails to
-    # reproduce the issue unfortunately.
-    "tests/client_test/aiotransmission_test/api_settings_test.py"
-  ];
-  disabledTests = [
-    # Another failure with similar circumstances to the above
-    "test_candidates_are_sorted_case_insensitively"
-  ];
+  # According to the upstream author,
+  # stig no longer has working tests
+  # since asynctest (former test dependency) got abandoned.
+  # See https://github.com/rndusr/stig/issues/206#issuecomment-2669636320
+  doCheck = false;
 
   passthru.tests = testers.testVersion {
     package = stig;
@@ -58,9 +47,6 @@ python310Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     version = "stig version ${version}";
   };
 
-  # https://github.com/rndusr/stig/issues/214#issuecomment-1995651219
-  dontUsePytestCheck = true;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "TUI and CLI for the BitTorrent client Transmission";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rndusr/stig";