diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-access-context-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-access-context-manager/default.nix
index ba75fc5687c2..68377a81b8c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-access-context-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-access-context-manager/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     protobuf
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-appengine-logging/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-appengine-logging/default.nix
index b0afbfd77763..da57c08873cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-appengine-logging/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-appengine-logging/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     grpc-google-iam-v1
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-asset/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-asset/default.nix
index 508e846ad279..328218688a74 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-asset/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-asset/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     grpc-google-iam-v1
     google-api-core
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-audit-log/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-audit-log/default.nix
index be5dba4ae5da..6134320bad67 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-audit-log/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-audit-log/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     googleapis-common-protos
     protobuf
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-automl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-automl/default.nix
index 497aa28becd0..484c54ebf3d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-automl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-automl/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     proto-plus
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-logging/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-logging/default.nix
index 6dccc4cdb373..b422a3dceab8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-logging/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-logging/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     google-cloud-appengine-logging
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-org-policy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-org-policy/default.nix
index 1b58a8363e50..39c1ece4a0f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-org-policy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-org-policy/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     proto-plus
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-os-config/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-os-config/default.nix
index 78aef666177c..e2b1348506a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-os-config/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-os-config/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     proto-plus
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-run/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-run/default.nix
index 94e152fbdc93..0bee0cc87a80 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-run/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-run/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     google-auth
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-speech/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-speech/default.nix
index 9afac1123d80..c42e332258b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-speech/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-speech/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     google-auth
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-texttospeech/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-texttospeech/default.nix
index 992677d8936c..bc3c93f61df6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-texttospeech/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-texttospeech/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     proto-plus