diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/luigi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/luigi/default.nix
index 60373a8f85fc..8c145ef6393f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/luigi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/luigi/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "luigi";
   version = "3.5.2";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-0AD+am6nfJN2Z0/oegRawAw/z36+hBRlWgZjCqnbURE=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [ python-dateutil tornado python-daemon boto3 tenacity ];
+  build-system = [ python3.pkgs.setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = with python3.pkgs; [ python-dateutil tornado python-daemon tenacity ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "luigi" ];
 
   # Requires tox, hadoop, and google cloud
   doCheck = false;