diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyixapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyixapi/default.nix
index 3a051450c5dc..50c825dcc959 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyixapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyixapi/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   poetry-core,
-  requests,
   pyjwt,
+  pythonOlder,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  requests,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -12,24 +14,32 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.2.3";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-qkgPBIYv9xzGa29RiPAU3zNhcyutTUX1Vkmpd9YdeJU=";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "peering-manager";
+    repo = "pyixapi";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-IiLjxOtyxGSaItxgEbsF8AER/j4Qe7SP9ZAEPjTiYI4=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry-core ];
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "pyjwt" ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ poetry-core ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     requests
     pyjwt
   ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyixapi" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python API client library for IX-API";
     homepage = "https://github.com/peering-manager/pyixapi/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/peering-manager/pyixapi/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "Python API client library for IX-API";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = teams.wdz.members;
   };