diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-artifact-registry/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-artifact-registry/default.nix
index 79957a27f5da..6ecf3a920149 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-artifact-registry/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-artifact-registry/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-bigquery-storage/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/default.nix
index a735f83a89ca..4e7dcfbe00cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     protobuf
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-compute/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-compute/default.nix
index b1b982aeedfd..0e23f48da94c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-compute/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-compute/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     proto-plus
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-datacatalog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-datacatalog/default.nix
index 86061cedbc54..6f3847f4fb69 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-datacatalog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-datacatalog/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     grpc-google-iam-v1
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-vision/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-vision/default.nix
index 4e909ed92965..d122306c49ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-vision/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-vision/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "protobuf"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     google-api-core
     proto-plus