diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/svdtools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svdtools/default.nix
index 3e79479e9f1..98b59c18bdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/svdtools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svdtools/default.nix
@@ -12,21 +12,15 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "svdtools";
   version = "0.1.22";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit version pname;
-    sha256 = "sha256-5zMuCFCvh7BXr9BbyyDhWw1Lt/Fomv0SALiPJQbxJNQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-5zMuCFCvh7BXr9BbyyDhWw1Lt/Fomv0SALiPJQbxJNQ=";
   };
 
-  # remove upon next release
-  # see: https://github.com/stm32-rs/svdtools/pull/96
-  prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace 'PyYAML ~= 5.3' 'PyYAML >= 5.3'
-  '';
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     braceexpand
     click
@@ -34,9 +28,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     lxml
   ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "svdtools" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "svdtools"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python package to handle vendor-supplied, often buggy SVD files";