diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/core.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/core.nix
index 42b60a1b59f3..0061a8e4144f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/core.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/core.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   pythonOlder,
   installShellFiles,
   docutils,
+  setuptools,
   ansible,
   cryptography,
   importlib-resources,
@@ -30,12 +31,13 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ansible-core";
-  version = "2.17.5";
+  version = "2.17.6";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "ansible_core";
     inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-rn9R/RPcnVfJvNQ+8j+cJVyo8Y9LXAARpPm3JNksWo4=";
+    hash = "sha256-PlOXC3zr/irbObcRweL4u/y+2sgo2lHcA1ehkHBjjpU=";
   };
 
   # ansible_connection is already wrapped, so don't pass it through
@@ -53,7 +55,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     docutils
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs =
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies =
     [
       # depend on ansible instead of the other way around
       ansible
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 66d435657324..5d7dc5f17537 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ mapAliases {
   alsaUtils = throw "'alsaUtils' has been renamed to/replaced by 'alsa-utils'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   angelfish = throw "'angelfish' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libsForQt5.kdeGear.angelfish'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   ansible_2_14 = throw "Ansible 2.14 goes end of life in 2024/05 and can't be supported throughout the 24.05 release cycle"; # Added 2024-04-11
+  ansible_2_15 = throw "Ansible 2.15 goes end of life in 2024/11 and can't be supported throughout the 24.11 release cycle"; # Added 2024-11-08
   antennas = throw "antennas has been removed as it only works with tvheadend, which nobody was willing to maintain and was stuck on an unmaintained version that required FFmpeg 4; please see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/332259 if you are interested in maintaining a newer version"; # Added 2024-08-21
   androidndkPkgs_23b = lib.warn "The package set `androidndkPkgs_23b` has been renamed to `androidndkPkgs_23`." androidndkPkgs_23; # Added 2024-07-21
   ankisyncd = throw "ankisyncd is dead, use anki-sync-server instead"; # Added 2024-08-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f6a847b642dd..1d60b1236939 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7845,14 +7845,6 @@ with pkgs;
       hash = "sha256-WeSqQO1azbTvm789BYkY//k/ZqFJNz2BWciilgRBC9o=";
     };
   }));
-  ansible_2_15 = python3Packages.toPythonApplication (python3Packages.ansible-core.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-    version = "2.15.9";
-    src = oldAttrs.src.override {
-      inherit version;
-      pname = "ansible-core";
-      hash = "sha256-JfmxtaWvPAmGvTko7QhurduGdSf7XIOv7xoDz60080U=";
-    };
-  }));
 
   ansible-builder = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication ansible-builder;