diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix
index 23a8c4ddcb26..7afa664c1a85 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix
@@ -6,23 +6,24 @@
 , pytestCheckHook
 , netcdf4
 , pythonOlder
+, setuptools-scm
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "h5netcdf";
-  version = "0.8.1";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "09bbnpsvwksb07wijn7flyyza56h5b2g2cw0hb3slmwxz6cgcjmr";
+    hash = "sha256-d2cE+s2LgiRtbUBoxQXDibO3C5v5kgzPusfzXNxjTaw=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch{
-      url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/h5netcdf/h5netcdf/pull/82.patch";
-    sha256 = "0x9bq9jl4kvw152adkpcyqslhpi7miv80hrnpl2w2y798mmbs0s4";
-    })
-  ];
+ nativeBuildInputs = [
+   setuptools-scm
+ ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     h5py
@@ -33,14 +34,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     netcdf4
   ];
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
-
   dontUseSetuptoolsCheck = true;
 
-  meta = {
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "h5netcdf"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "netCDF4 via h5py";
     homepage = "https://github.com/shoyer/h5netcdf";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
-
 }