diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libversion/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libversion/default.nix
index fb77eeed4c2c..a492ea7806a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libversion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libversion/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,41 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pkg-config, libversion, pythonOlder }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, libversion
+, pkg-config
+, pythonOlder
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "libversion";
-  version = "1.2.3";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "e6e903cc6307c3eda90401373eb81bfd0dd2dc93772ddab3d23705bed0c6f6e9";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ libversion ];
+  version = "1.2.4";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "repology";
+    repo = "py-libversion";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-p0wtSB+QXAERf+57MMb8cqWoy1bG3XaCpR9GPwYYvJM=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libversion
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "libversion"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/repology/py-libversion";
     description = "Python bindings for libversion, which provides fast, powerful and correct generic version string comparison algorithm";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/repology/py-libversion";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.ryantm ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ryantm ];
   };
 }