diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/laszip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/laszip/default.nix
index 2c6f4196595f..85187d08f99f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/laszip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/laszip/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@
 , stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , scikit-build-core
 , pybind11
 , cmake
 , LASzip
+, ninja
 , pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "laszip-python";
   version = "0.2.3";
-
   format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -24,14 +25,25 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-MiPzL9TDCf1xnCv7apwdfcpkFnBRi4PO/atTQxqL8cw=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Removes depending on the cmake and ninja PyPI packages, since we can pass
+    # in the tools directly, and scikit-build-core can use them.
+    # https://github.com/tmontaigu/laszip-python/pull/9
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "remove-cmake-ninja-pypi-dependencies.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/tmontaigu/laszip-python/commit/17e648d04945fa2d095d6d74d58c790a4fcde84a.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-k58sS1RqVzT1WPh2OVt/D4Y045ODtj6U3bUjegd44VY=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isGNU "-std=c++17";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
+    ninja
     pybind11
     scikit-build-core
-    scikit-build-core.optional-dependencies.pyproject
-  ];
+  ] ++ scikit-build-core.optional-dependencies.pyproject;
 
   dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8f6dc2117ac8..65eb5f6e90ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5790,7 +5790,9 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   laspy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/laspy { };
 
-  laszip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/laszip { };
+  laszip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/laszip {
+    inherit (pkgs) cmake ninja;
+  };
 
   latex2mathml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/latex2mathml { };