diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-automodapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-automodapi/default.nix
index 3071d86dc46b..bc74fae5491e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-automodapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-automodapi/default.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,36 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, cython
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchurl
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools-scm
+, git
+, sphinx
+, pytestCheckHook
+, cython
 , gcc
 , graphviz
-, pytestCheckHook
-, pythonOlder
-, sphinx
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sphinx-automodapi";
   version = "0.16.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
+  pyproject = true;
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "astropy";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-7/b3PlgoqXyzmj4KDoHJf5gd3SUSiyhkpcDWl3u+0Bs=";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-ecOwBtJBkGsBShMG5fK22V1EHLe6pCmOdHPrS/k6rno=";
+    leaveDotGit = true;
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+    git
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ sphinx ];
 
   # https://github.com/astropy/sphinx-automodapi/issues/155
@@ -34,11 +41,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace "sphinx_automodapi/tests/helpers.py" \
-      --replace '[0]), None)' "[0]), (None, '${testInventory}'))"
-
-    substituteInPlace "sphinx_automodapi/tests/test_cases.py" \
-      --replace '[0]), None)' "[0]), (None, '${testInventory}'))"
+    substituteInPlace sphinx_automodapi/tests/{helpers,test_cases}.py \
+      --replace ", None)" ", (None, '${testInventory}'))"
   '';
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [