From 39dd3d18bc2819b332d480aa1dd8d1084d0a635a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theodore Ni <3806110+tjni@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 22:12:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] python3.pkgs.meson-python: depend on top-level ninja

This is a build tool that depends on a ninja binary directly, not
through the ninja PyPI package.
---
 pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix | 7 -------
 pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix                       | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
index 866512a4cfdd..4b45ee4e77d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
@@ -43,13 +43,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ./add-build-flags.sh
   ];
 
-  # Ugly work-around. Drop ninja dependency.
-  # We already have ninja, but it comes without METADATA.
-  # Building ninja-python-distributions is the way to go.
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml --replace "'ninja'," ""
-  '';
-
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
     description = "Meson Python build backend (PEP 517)";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7424e43e9c80..9d7df6be84d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6442,7 +6442,9 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   mesonpep517 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mesonpep517 { };
 
-  meson-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/meson-python { };
+  meson-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/meson-python {
+    inherit (pkgs) ninja;
+  };
 
   messagebird = callPackage ../development/python-modules/messagebird { };