diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/autodocsumm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/autodocsumm/default.nix
index 0b576f6bc422..a2cc266e2634 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/autodocsumm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/autodocsumm/default.nix
@@ -31,5 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Chilipp/autodocsumm";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ ];
+    # https://github.com/Chilipp/autodocsumm/issues/108
+    broken = lib.versionAtLeast sphinx.version "9.0";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets/default.nix
index 9399a4d7150e..fa41be45ee56 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   pythonAtLeast,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
 
   # build-system
   poetry-core,
@@ -53,11 +52,6 @@
 
   # native
   gobject-introspection,
-  sphinxHook,
-  sphinx-design,
-  sphinx-copybutton,
-  sphinx-toolbox,
-  pydata-sphinx-theme,
 
   # buildInputs
   gst_all_1,
@@ -162,11 +156,6 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gobject-introspection
-    sphinxHook
-    sphinx-design
-    sphinx-copybutton
-    sphinx-toolbox
-    pydata-sphinx-theme
   ]
   ++ extraNativeBuildInputs;
 
@@ -178,19 +167,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
-    "doc"
-    "man"
   ];
-  sphinxBuilders = [
-    "html"
-    "man"
-  ];
-  # Causes an installManPage error. Not clear why this directory gets generated
-  # with the manpages. The same directory is observed correctly in
-  # $doc/share/doc/beets-${version}/html
-  preInstallSphinx = ''
-    rm -r .sphinx/man/man/_sphinx_design_static
-  '';
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/zsh/site-functions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-toolbox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-toolbox/default.nix
index f09dc61e58b3..82328a7efd23 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-toolbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-toolbox/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   dict2css,
   filelock,
   html5lib,
+  roman,
   ruamel-yaml,
   sphinx-autodoc-typehints,
   sphinx-jinja2-compat,
@@ -19,13 +20,14 @@
   tabulate,
   python,
 }:
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "sphinx-toolbox";
   version = "4.1.2";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit version;
+    inherit (finalAttrs) version;
     pname = "sphinx_toolbox";
     hash = "sha256-wwpPhsTCnpetsOuTN9NfUJPLlqRPScr/z31bxYqIt4E=";
   };
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     dict2css
     filelock
     html5lib
+    roman
     ruamel-yaml
     sphinx-autodoc-typehints
     sphinx-jinja2-compat
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   # Not PEP420 compliant, some variables are imported from within the package.
   postFixup = ''
-    echo '__version__: str = "${version}"' > $out/${python.sitePackages}/sphinx_toolbox/__init__.py
+    echo '__version__: str = "${finalAttrs.version}"' > $out/${python.sitePackages}/sphinx_toolbox/__init__.py
   '';
 
   meta = {
@@ -66,4 +69,4 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
-}
+})