diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiohttp-remotes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiohttp-remotes/default.nix
index ae0cbf99841..66f81b12329 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiohttp-remotes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiohttp-remotes/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , aiohttp
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, flit
 , pytest-aiohttp
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonOlder
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "aiohttp-remotes";
   version = "1.2.0";
-  format = "flit";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "f95c3a6be5e2de746a85ce9af49ec548da6db8378d7e81bb171ec77b13562a6c";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flit
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     aiohttp
   ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.7") [