diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lxst/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lxst/default.nix
index 50d413bc13b7..f9c1d22427c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lxst/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lxst/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchPypi,
   setuptools,
   libpulseaudio,
   audioop-lts,
@@ -14,19 +14,24 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "lxst";
-  version = "0.4.4";
-  pyproject = true;
+  version = "0.5.0";
+  format = "wheel";
   __structuredAttrs = true;
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "markqvist";
-    repo = "lxst";
-    tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-MAJ1n6EUZ6FmIfKKuM2ppbTVrWkxpjC5KIICo5stc+k=";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "lxst";
+    version = finalAttrs.version;
+    format = "wheel";
+    dist = "py3";
+    python = "py3";
+    hash = "sha256-k1HiWv/5iIuSjaeIIDyELX+1FHI3k15IJwxUwUutpM0=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace LXST/Platforms/linux/soundcard.py \
+  # We can't use a postPatch here to do the substitution because the wheel is
+  # already built and the file is not present in the source tree, only the
+  # wheel archive.
+  postInstall = ''
+    substituteInPlace "$out/lib/python"*/site-packages/LXST/Platforms/linux/soundcard.py \
       --replace-fail "libpulse.so" "${lib.getLib libpulseaudio}/lib/libpulse.so"
   '';
 
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     changelog = "https://github.com/markqvist/LXST/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
     description = "Simple and flexible real-time streaming format and delivery protocol for Reticulum";
     homepage = "https://github.com/markqvist/LXST";
-    license = lib.licenses.cc-by-nc-nd-40;
+    license = lib.licenses.reticulum;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       drupol
     ];