diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy/default.nix
index e976ca5fd69..d905c92438d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
-{ lib, python3Packages, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
+{ lib
+, python39
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+}:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+let
+  python = python39.override {
+    packageOverrides = self: super: {
+      ntfy-webpush = self.callPackage ./webpush.nix { };
+    };
+  };
+in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "ntfy";
   version = "2.7.0";
 
+  format = "setuptools";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dschep";
     repo = "ntfy";
@@ -11,11 +23,11 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "09f02cn4i1l2aksb3azwfb70axqhn7d0d0vl2r6640hqr74nc1cv";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = with python3Packages; [
+  checkInputs = with python.pkgs; [
     mock
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python.pkgs; [
     requests ruamel-yaml appdirs
     sleekxmpp dnspython
     emoji
@@ -37,7 +49,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   checkPhase = ''
-    HOME=$(mktemp -d) ${python3Packages.python.interpreter} setup.py test
+    HOME=$(mktemp -d) ${python.interpreter} setup.py test
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy-webpush/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy/webpush.nix
similarity index 83%
rename from pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy-webpush/default.nix
rename to pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy/webpush.nix
index 27559dabbdd..aad5bf48a40 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy-webpush/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy/webpush.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-{ lib, python3Packages, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pywebpush
+, py-vapid
+}:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ntfy-webpush";
   version = "0.1.3";
 
@@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace "'ntfy', " ""
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pywebpush
     py-vapid
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d53dfd7a12a..da762288ff2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5912,8 +5912,6 @@ in {
 
   nsapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nsapi { };
 
-  ntfy-webpush = callPackage ../tools/misc/ntfy-webpush { };
-
   ntc-templates = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ntc-templates { };
 
   ntlm-auth = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ntlm-auth { };