diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h3/default.nix
index 46b774a25c1e..e66a3f5e9fcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h3/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,69 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
+{ autoPatchelfHook
 , buildPythonPackage
 , cmake
-, fetchPypi
+, cython
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , h3
-, python
+, lib
+, numpy
+, pytestCheckHook
+, scikit-build
+, stdenv
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "h3";
-  version = "3.7.0";
+  version = "3.7.1";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "cd27fc8ecd9183f93934079b7c986401f499030ff2e2171eace9de462fab561d";
+  # pypi version does not include tests
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "uber";
+    repo = "h3-py";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-MIVV3kZGsIsaJ/ccJOK3+j1VwkUsZGHS5d1sGOBa1Ec=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./disable-custom-install.patch
-    ./hardcode-h3-path.patch
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    scikit-build cmake cython
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+    # On Linux the .so files ends up referring to libh3.so instead of the full
+    # Nix store path. I'm not sure why this is happening! On Darwin it works
+    # fine.
+    autoPatchelfHook
   ];
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    substituteInPlace h3/h3.py \
-      --subst-var-by libh3_path ${h3}/lib/libh3${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}
-  '';
+  # This is not needed per-se, it's only added for autoPatchelfHook to work
+  # correctly. See the note above ^^
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ h3 ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  # The following prePatch replaces the h3lib compilation with using the h3 packaged in nixpkgs.
+  #
+  # - Remove the h3lib submodule.
+  # - Patch CMakeLists to avoid building h3lib, and use h3 instead.
+  prePatch =
+    let
+      cmakeCommands = ''
+        include_directories(${h3}/include/h3)
+        link_directories(${h3}/lib)
+      '';
+    in ''
+      rm -r src/h3lib
+      substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace "add_subdirectory(src/h3lib)" "${cmakeCommands}"
+    '';
+
+  # Extra check to make sure we can import it from Python
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "h3" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/uber/h3-py";
-    description = "This library provides Python bindings for the H3 Core Library.";
+    description = "Hierarchical hexagonal geospatial indexing system";
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    platforms = platforms.unix ++ platforms.darwin;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.kalbasit ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h3/disable-custom-install.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h3/disable-custom-install.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 981e3b6e2fc6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h3/disable-custom-install.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 8e1c220..45297b6 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -25,20 +25,6 @@ class CustomBuildExtCommand(build_ext):
-         install_h3(h3_version)
-
-
--# Tested with wheel v0.29.0
--class BinaryDistribution(Distribution):
--    def __init__(self, attrs=None):
--        Distribution.__init__(self, attrs)
--        # The values used for the name and sources in the Extension below are
--        # not important, because we override the build_ext command above.
--        # The normal C extension building logic is never invoked, and is
--        # replaced with our own custom logic. However, ext_modules cannot be
--        # empty, because this signals to other parts of distutils that our
--        # package contains C extensions and thus needs to be built for
--        # different platforms separately.
--        self.ext_modules = [Extension('h3c', [])]
--
--
- long_description = open('README.rst').read()
-
- setup(
-@@ -52,14 +38,10 @@ setup(
-     url='https://github.com/uber/h3-py.git',
-     packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']),
-     install_requires=[],
--    cmdclass={
--        'build_ext': CustomBuildExtCommand,
--    },
-     package_data={
-         'h-py':
-         ['out/*.dylib' if platform.system() == 'Darwin' else (
-             'out/*.dll' if platform.system() == 'Windows' else
-             'out/*.so.*')]
-     },
--    license='Apache License 2.0',
--    distclass=BinaryDistribution)
-+    license='Apache License 2.0')
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h3/hardcode-h3-path.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h3/hardcode-h3-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 87549f298d74..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h3/hardcode-h3-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/h3/h3.py b/h3/h3.py
-index 18cf168..2cc7812 100644
---- a/h3/h3.py
-+++ b/h3/h3.py
-@@ -34,13 +34,7 @@ from ctypes import (
-     POINTER,
- )
-
--_dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)
--libh3_path = ('{}/{}'.format(_dirname, 'out/libh3.1.dylib')
--              if platform.system() == 'Darwin' else (
--              '{}/{}'.format(_dirname, 'out/h3.dll') if platform.system() == 'Windows' else
--              '{}/{}'.format(_dirname, 'out/libh3.so.1')))
--
--libh3 = cdll.LoadLibrary(libh3_path)
-+libh3 = cdll.LoadLibrary('@libh3_path@')
-
- # Type of an H3 index
- H3Index = c_ulonglong