diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ripser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ripser/default.nix
index d67de41c6d75..60e3235ede62 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ripser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ripser/default.nix
@@ -1,53 +1,86 @@
 {
   lib,
+  stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
   cython,
-  fetchPypi,
   numpy,
+  setuptools,
+
   persim,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonOlder,
   scikit-learn,
   scipy,
+
+  # tests
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ripser";
   version = "0.6.10";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-3Mr6+XrSOVvGbLN25fvg9vJkNyspj9CT5BBxMsH3lIQ=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "scikit-tda";
+    repo = "ripser.py";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-w6d/JRBYoxvu1r02WbwfG94GvB1NGG2Rwd5maSNYPhg=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];
+  build-system = [
+    cython
+    numpy
+    setuptools
+  ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     numpy
     scipy
     scikit-learn
     persim
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ripser" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ];
 
   preCheck = ''
     # specifically needed for darwin
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
     mkdir -p $HOME/.matplotlib
     echo "backend: ps" > $HOME/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc
   '';
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ripser" ];
+  disabledTests = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    # AssertionError
+    # assert np.isinf(h0[0, 1])
+    "test_full_nonzerobirths"
+    # assert np.max(np.abs(h11 - h12)) <= 2 * res2["r_cover"]
+    "test_greedyperm_circlebottleneck"
+    # assert np.all(dgm[:,1] >= dgm[:,0])
+    "test_returns_dgm"
+    # assert tuple(dgm[0]) == (0,np.inf)
+    # assert (np.float64(0....float64(0.0)) == (0, inf)
+    "test_single_point"
+    # assert res0["num_edges"] == res1["num_edges"]
+    # assert 2307 == 167
+    "test_sparse"
+    # assert 38 < 38
+    "test_thresh"
+    # assert(np.allclose(r1, r2))
+    "test_zero_edge_bug"
+  ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Lean Persistent Homology Library for Python";
     homepage = "https://ripser.scikit-tda.org";
     changelog = "https://github.com/scikit-tda/ripser.py/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = licenses.mit;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }