diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/imageio-ffmpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imageio-ffmpeg/default.nix
index 141654fd9595..cdffa669edcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/imageio-ffmpeg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imageio-ffmpeg/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, isPy3k
 , fetchPypi
 , substituteAll
 , ffmpeg_4
@@ -10,8 +9,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "imageio-ffmpeg";
   version = "0.4.8";
-
-  disabled = !isPy3k;
+  format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
@@ -25,6 +23,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/imageio/imageio-ffmpeg/issues/59
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i '/setup_requires=\["pip>19"\]/d' setup.py
+  '';
+
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck