diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/parametrize-from-file/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parametrize-from-file/default.nix
index 38370a1c805..4306579bc51 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/parametrize-from-file/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parametrize-from-file/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , fetchpatch
+, flit-core
 , pytestCheckHook
 , coveralls
 , numpy
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "parametrize-from-file";
   version = "0.17.0";
-  format = "flit";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit version;
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace "more_itertools~=8.10" "more_itertools"
   '';
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flit-core
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     numpy
     pytestCheckHook