diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rarfile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rarfile/default.nix
index 4f3cbc28ea77..c0c462cb4478 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rarfile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rarfile/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pytestCheckHook, nose, libarchive, glibcLocales, isPy27
-# unrar is non-free software
-, useUnrar ? false, unrar
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  libarchive,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
+  # unrar is non-free software
+  useUnrar ? false,
+  unrar,
 }:
 
 assert useUnrar -> unrar != null;
@@ -9,35 +17,47 @@ assert !useUnrar -> libarchive != null;
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "rarfile";
   version = "4.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
-  disabled = isPy27;
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "markokr";
     repo = "rarfile";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-ZiwD2LG25fMd4Z+QWsh/x3ceG5QRBH4s/TZDwMnfpNI=";
+    hash = "sha256-ZiwD2LG25fMd4Z+QWsh/x3ceG5QRBH4s/TZDwMnfpNI=";
   };
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook nose glibcLocales ];
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace rarfile.py \
-  '' + (if useUnrar then
-        ''--replace 'UNRAR_TOOL = "unrar"' "UNRAR_TOOL = \"${unrar}/bin/unrar\""
+  prePatch =
+    ''
+      substituteInPlace rarfile.py \
+    ''
+    + (
+      if useUnrar then
         ''
-       else
-        ''--replace 'ALT_TOOL = "bsdtar"' "ALT_TOOL = \"${libarchive}/bin/bsdtar\""
-        '')
-     + "";
-  # the tests only work with the standard unrar package
+          --replace 'UNRAR_TOOL = "unrar"' "UNRAR_TOOL = \"${unrar}/bin/unrar\""
+        ''
+      else
+        ''
+          --replace 'ALT_TOOL = "bsdtar"' "ALT_TOOL = \"${libarchive}/bin/bsdtar\""
+        ''
+    )
+    + "";
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  # The tests only work with the standard unrar package
   doCheck = useUnrar;
-  LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "rarfile" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "RAR archive reader for Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/markokr/rarfile";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/markokr/rarfile/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }