diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/core.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/core.nix
index db257a1a51db..bb46a3672f05 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/core.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/core.nix
@@ -50,16 +50,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     patchShebangs --build packaging/cli-doc/build.py
 
     SETUPTOOLS_PATTERN='"setuptools[0-9 <>=.,]+"'
-    PYPROJECT=$(cat pyproject.toml)
-    if [[ "$PYPROJECT" =~ $SETUPTOOLS_PATTERN ]]; then
-      echo "setuptools replace: ''${BASH_REMATCH[0]}"
-      echo "''${PYPROJECT//''${BASH_REMATCH[0]}/'"setuptools"'}" > pyproject.toml
-    else
-      exit 2
-    fi
-
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace-fail "wheel == 0.45.1" wheel
+    WHEEL_PATTERN='"wheel[0-9 <>=.,]+"'
+    echo "Patching pyproject.toml"
+    # print replaced patterns to stdout
+    sed -r -i -e 's/'"$SETUPTOOLS_PATTERN"'/"setuptools"/w /dev/stdout' \
+      -e 's/'"$WHEEL_PATTERN"'/"wheel"/w /dev/stdout' pyproject.toml
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [