diff --git a/pkgs/servers/etebase/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/etebase/default.nix
index e340d1ff2a50..8b5679515889 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/etebase/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/etebase/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ in
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "etebase-server";
   version = "0.8.3";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  format = "other";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "etesync";