diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aerosandbox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aerosandbox/default.nix
index b8e0122fe1c4..7353c2e9ab91 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aerosandbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aerosandbox/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "aerosandbox" ];
 
+  pythonRemoveDeps = [
+    # infinite recursion
+    "neuralfoil"
+    # not pypa-installed, so no metadata
+    # good candidate for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/518530
+    "casadi"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Aircraft design optimization made fast through modern automatic differentiation";
     homepage = "https://peterdsharpe.github.io/AeroSandbox";