diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/default.nix
index 8a43e9b4cda4..bc8bbec64e97 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/default.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
 , hatchling
-, backoff
 , opentelemetry-api
 , opentelemetry-proto
-, opentelemetry-sdk
 , opentelemetry-test-utils
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
@@ -13,19 +11,17 @@
 buildPythonPackage {
   inherit (opentelemetry-api) version src;
   pname = "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common";
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   sourceRoot = "${opentelemetry-api.src.name}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common";
 
-  format = "pyproject";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [
     hatchling
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    backoff
-    opentelemetry-sdk
+  dependencies = [
     opentelemetry-proto
   ];