diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmcv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmcv/default.nix
index ba3a72976f58..c86ea25b50c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmcv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmcv/default.nix
@@ -2,82 +2,56 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonOlder,
-  torch,
-  torchvision,
-  opencv4,
-  yapf,
-  packaging,
-  pillow,
-  addict,
+
+  # nativeBuildInputs
   ninja,
   which,
+
+  # buildInputs
   pybind11,
+  torch,
+
+  # dependencies
+  addict,
+  mmengine,
+  numpy,
+  packaging,
+  pillow,
+  pyyaml,
+  yapf,
+
+  # tests
+  lmdb,
   onnx,
   onnxruntime,
-  scipy,
+  pytestCheckHook,
   pyturbojpeg,
+  scipy,
   tifffile,
-  lmdb,
-  mmengine,
+  torchvision,
 }:
 
 let
   inherit (torch) cudaCapabilities cudaPackages cudaSupport;
   inherit (cudaPackages) backendStdenv;
-
 in
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mmcv";
   version = "2.2.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "open-mmlab";
     repo = "mmcv";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    tag = "v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-NNF9sLJWV1q6uBE73LUW4UWwYm4TBMTBJjJkFArBmsc=";
   };
 
-  env.CUDA_HOME = lib.optionalString cudaSupport (lib.getDev cudaPackages.cuda_nvcc);
-
-  preConfigure =
-    ''
-      export MMCV_WITH_OPS=1
-    ''
-    + lib.optionalString cudaSupport ''
-      export CC=${backendStdenv.cc}/bin/cc
-      export CXX=${backendStdenv.cc}/bin/c++
-      export TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="${lib.concatStringsSep ";" cudaCapabilities}"
-      export FORCE_CUDA=1
-    '';
-
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace-fail "cpu_use = 4" "cpu_use = $NIX_BUILD_CORES"
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail "cpu_use = 4" "cpu_use = $NIX_BUILD_CORES"
   '';
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    # remove the conflicting source directory
-    rm -rf mmcv
-  '';
-
-  # test_cnn test_ops really requires gpus to be useful.
-  # some of the tests take exceedingly long time.
-  # the rest of the tests are disabled due to sandbox env.
-  disabledTests = [
-    "test_cnn"
-    "test_ops"
-    "test_fileclient"
-    "test_load_model_zoo"
-    "test_processing"
-    "test_checkpoint"
-    "test_hub"
-    "test_reader"
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     ninja
     which
@@ -99,34 +73,69 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       ]
     );
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
-    torchvision
-    lmdb
-    onnx
-    onnxruntime
-    scipy
-    pyturbojpeg
-    tifffile
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
+    addict
     mmengine
-    torch
-    opencv4
-    yapf
+    numpy
     packaging
     pillow
-    addict
+    pyyaml
+    yapf
+
+    # opencv4
+    # torch
   ];
 
+  env.CUDA_HOME = lib.optionalString cudaSupport (lib.getDev cudaPackages.cuda_nvcc);
+
+  preConfigure =
+    ''
+      export MMCV_WITH_OPS=1
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString cudaSupport ''
+      export CC=${lib.getExe' backendStdenv.cc "cc"}
+      export CXX=${lib.getExe' backendStdenv.cc "c++"}
+      export TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="${lib.concatStringsSep ";" cudaCapabilities}"
+      export FORCE_CUDA=1
+    '';
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mmcv" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    lmdb
+    onnx
+    onnxruntime
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pyturbojpeg
+    scipy
+    tifffile
+    torchvision
+  ];
+
+  # remove the conflicting source directory
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm -rf mmcv
+  '';
+
+  # test_cnn test_ops really requires gpus to be useful.
+  # some of the tests take exceedingly long time.
+  # the rest of the tests are disabled due to sandbox env.
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_cnn"
+    "test_ops"
+    "test_fileclient"
+    "test_load_model_zoo"
+    "test_processing"
+    "test_checkpoint"
+    "test_hub"
+    "test_reader"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Foundational Library for Computer Vision Research";
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmcv";
     changelog = "https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmcv/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rxiao ];
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ asl20 ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rxiao ];
   };
 }