diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyannote-database/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyannote-database/default.nix
index 13b6cdc3fc17..8cb35b26061d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyannote-database/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyannote-database/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  setuptools,
-  wheel,
-  pyannote-core,
-  pyyaml,
   pandas,
+  pyannote-core,
+  pythonOlder,
+  pyyaml,
+  setuptools,
   typer,
+  versioneer,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -15,32 +16,39 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "5.0.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pyannote";
     repo = "pyannote-database";
-    rev = version;
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
     hash = "sha256-A7Xr24O8OvVAlURrR+SDCh8Uv9Yz3AUJSFDyDShVVjA=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Remove vendorized versioneer.py
+    rm versioneer.py
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    versioneer
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     pyannote-core
     pyyaml
     pandas
     typer
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    setuptools
-    wheel
-  ];
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyannote.database" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Reproducible experimental protocols for multimedia (audio, video, text) database";
-    mainProgram = "pyannote-database";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pyannote/pyannote-database";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthewcroughan ];
+    mainProgram = "pyannote-database";
   };
 }