diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pid/default.nix
index 7c50878f92d67..564ccaf04c67b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pid/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,34 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchpatch2,
   fetchPypi,
-  nose,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pid";
   version = "3.0.4";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "0e33670e83f6a33ebb0822e43a609c3247178d4a375ff50a4689e266d853eb66";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+  patches = [
+     # apply c9d1550ba2ee73231f8e984d75d808c8cc103748 to remove nose dependency. change is in repo, but hasn't been released on pypi. 
+     (fetchpatch2 {
+       url = "https://github.com/trbs/pid/commit/c9d1550ba2ee73231f8e984d75d808c8cc103748.patch";
+       hash = "sha256-2F31LlrJku1xzmI7P+QLyUZ8CzVHx25APp88qwWkZxw=";
+     })
+  ];
 
-  # No tests included
-  doCheck = false;
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Pidfile featuring stale detection and file-locking";