diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/home-assistant-chip-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/home-assistant-chip-core/default.nix
index ce3dd7cba288..fbbc011d0b6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/home-assistant-chip-core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/home-assistant-chip-core/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  pythonOlder,
   aenum,
   home-assistant-chip-wheels,
   coloredlogs,
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@
   cryptography,
   dacite,
   deprecation,
-  ecdsa,
   ipdb,
   mobly,
   pygobject3,
@@ -22,8 +20,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   inherit (home-assistant-chip-wheels) version;
   format = "wheel";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
-
   src = home-assistant-chip-wheels;
 
   # format=wheel needs src to be a wheel not a folder of wheels
@@ -31,13 +27,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     src=($src/home_assistant_chip_core*.whl)
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     aenum
     coloredlogs
     construct
     cryptography
     dacite
-    ecdsa
     rich
     pyyaml
     ipdb
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/home-assistant-chip-wheels/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/home-assistant-chip-wheels/default.nix
index ae78ed9cb1d3..a856179eee7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/home-assistant-chip-wheels/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/home-assistant-chip-wheels/default.nix
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       patch -p1 < $patch
     done
 
+    # ecdsa is insecure and only used in tests
+    patch -p1 < ${./dont-import-ecdsa.patch}
+
     # unpin dependencies
     # there are many files to modify, in different formats
     sed -i 's/==.*$//' third_party/pigweed/repo/pw_env_setup/py/pw_env_setup/virtualenv_setup/python_base_requirements.txt
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/home-assistant-chip-wheels/dont-import-ecdsa.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/home-assistant-chip-wheels/dont-import-ecdsa.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ec1bb87bd8ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/home-assistant-chip-wheels/dont-import-ecdsa.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff --git a/src/controller/python/chip/crypto/p256keypair.py b/src/controller/python/chip/crypto/p256keypair.py
+index 30198eabee..926f55318e 100644
+--- a/src/controller/python/chip/crypto/p256keypair.py
++++ b/src/controller/python/chip/crypto/p256keypair.py
+@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ from ctypes import (CFUNCTYPE, POINTER, _Pointer, c_bool, c_char, c_size_t, c_ui
+ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+ 
+ from chip import native
+-from ecdsa import ECDH, NIST256p, SigningKey  # type: ignore
+ 
+ # WORKAROUND: Create a subscriptable pointer type (with square brackets) to ensure compliance of type hinting with ctypes
+ if not TYPE_CHECKING:
+@@ -133,31 +132,3 @@ class P256Keypair:
+         format of section 2.3.3 of the SECG SEC 1 standard.
+         '''
+         raise NotImplementedError()
+-
+-
+-class TestP256Keypair(P256Keypair):
+-    ''' The P256Keypair for testing purpose. It is not safe for any productions use
+-    '''
+-
+-    def __init__(self, private_key: SigningKey = None):
+-        super().__init__()
+-
+-        if private_key is None:
+-            self._key = SigningKey.generate(NIST256p)
+-        else:
+-            self._key = private_key
+-
+-        self._pubkey = self._key.verifying_key.to_string(encoding='uncompressed')
+-
+-    @property
+-    def public_key(self) -> bytes:
+-        return self._pubkey
+-
+-    def ECDSA_sign_msg(self, message: bytes) -> bytes:
+-        return self._key.sign_deterministic(message, hashfunc=hashlib.sha256)
+-
+-    def ECDH_derive_secret(self, remote_pubkey: bytes) -> bytes:
+-        ecdh = ECDH(curve=NIST256p)
+-        ecdh.load_private_key(self._key)
+-        ecdh.load_received_public_key_bytes(remote_pubkey[1:])
+-        return ecdh.ecdh1.generate_sharedsecret_bytes()