diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xhtml2pdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xhtml2pdf/default.nix
index 73ac283ca349..76db9d97263a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xhtml2pdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xhtml2pdf/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   arabic-reshaper,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch2,
   html5lib,
   pillow,
   pyhanko,
@@ -31,22 +30,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-sva1Oqz4FsLz/www8IPVxol3D0hx5F5hQ0I/rSRP9sE=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/pull/754
-    (fetchpatch2 {
-      name = "reportlab-compat.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/commit/1252510bd23b833b45b4d252aeac62c1eb51eeef.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-9Fkn086uh2biabmiChbBna8Q4lJV/604yX1ng9j5TGs=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [
     setuptools
   ];
 
-  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "reportlab" ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     arabic-reshaper
     html5lib
     pillow
@@ -71,12 +59,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "xhtml2pdf.pisa"
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/releases/tag/v${version}";
     description = "PDF generator using HTML and CSS";
     homepage = "https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     mainProgram = "xhtml2pdf";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ drupol ];
   };
 }