diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix
index 004930491a39..575ffeff5a6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace 'requires = ["setuptools==68.2.2", "setuptools-scm==8.0.4", "wheel==0.41.2", "auditwheel==5.4.0"]' \
                 'requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm", "wheel", "auditwheel"]' \
       --replace 'version_file = "playwright/_repo_version.py"' ""
+    # FIXME version_file is available in setuptools-scm>=8.0.0
+    echo "__version__ = version = '${version}'" > playwright/_repo_version.py
 
     # Skip trying to download and extract the driver.
     # This is done manually in postInstall instead.