diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansicolor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansicolor/default.nix
index 697ded7ac4e2..8ec12d37f598 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansicolor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansicolor/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,35 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ansicolor";
   version = "0.3.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "3b840a6b1184b5f1568635b1adab28147947522707d41ceba02d5ed0a0877279";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "numerodix";
+    repo = "ansicolor";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-a/BAU42AfMR8C94GwmrLkvSvolFEjV0LbDypvS9UuOA=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ansicolor" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/numerodix/ansicolor/";
     description = "A library to produce ansi color output and colored highlighting and diffing";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/numerodix/ansicolor/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };