diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/resampy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/resampy/default.nix
index 7a4c3cf0dacd..f6ac5014be4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/resampy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/resampy/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 {
   lib,
+  stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  cython,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   numba,
   numpy,
+  optuna,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
   scipy,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "resampy";
   version = "0.4.3";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -24,21 +27,26 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-LOWpOPAEK+ga7c3bR15QvnHmON6ARS1Qee/7U/VMlTY=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     numpy
-    cython
     numba
   ];
 
+  optional-dependencies.design = [ optuna ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytestCheckHook
     scipy
-  ];
+  ] ++ optional-dependencies.design;
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
-      --replace " --cov-report term-missing --cov resampy --cov-report=xml" ""
-  '';
+  disabledTests = lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "aarch64-linux") [
+    # crashing the interpreter
+    "test_quality_sine_parallel"
+    "test_resample_nu_quality_sine_parallel"
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "resampy" ];