diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cufflinks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cufflinks/default.nix
index 5f804e5da5271..9e2e8df44a003 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cufflinks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cufflinks/default.nix
@@ -2,49 +2,52 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
-  chart-studio,
   colorlover,
   ipython,
   ipywidgets,
-  pytest,
-  nose,
   numpy,
   pandas,
+  plotly,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  setuptools,
   six,
-  statsmodels,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "cufflinks";
   version = "0.17.3";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0i56062k54dlg5iz3qyl1ykww62mpkp8jr4n450h0c60dm0b7ha8";
+    hash = "sha256-SMGzQG3AMABBIZZkie68VRjOpw/U4/FjebSRMoUBpkQ=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    chart-studio
+  # replace duplicated pandas method
+  # https://github.com/santosjorge/cufflinks/pull/249#issuecomment-1759619149
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace tests.py \
+      --replace-fail "from nose.tools import assert_equals" "def assert_equals(x, y): assert x == y" \
+      --replace-fail "df.ix" "df.loc"
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     colorlover
     ipython
     ipywidgets
     numpy
     pandas
+    plotly
     six
-    statsmodels
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest
-    nose
-  ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "cufflinks" ];
 
-  # ignore tests which are incompatible with pandas>=1.0
-  # https://github.com/santosjorge/cufflinks/issues/236
-  checkPhase = ''
-    pytest tests.py -k 'not bar_row'
-  '';
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "tests.py" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Productivity Tools for Plotly + Pandas";