diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-comments/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-comments/default.nix
index 2ffed0c091fb..77f5b79519c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-comments/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-comments/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, setuptools
 , sphinx
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sphinx-comments";
   version = "0.0.3";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "00170afff27019fad08e421da1ae49c681831fb2759786f07c826e89ac94cf21";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ sphinx ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "sphinx_comments" ];