diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/py/pyglossary-gui/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/py/pyglossary-gui/package.nix
index b9f68d286190..71b74f9cb113 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/py/pyglossary-gui/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/py/pyglossary-gui/package.nix
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 python3.pkgs.toPythonApplication (
   python3.pkgs.pyglossary.override {
     enableGui = true;
+    enableCmd = true;
   }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/py/pyglossary/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/py/pyglossary/package.nix
index 8c96c385d8a2..3f763dc617c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/py/pyglossary/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/py/pyglossary/package.nix
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
   python3,
 }:
 
-python3.pkgs.toPythonApplication python3.pkgs.pyglossary
+python3.pkgs.toPythonApplication (
+  python3.pkgs.pyglossary.override {
+    enableCmd = true;
+  }
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyglossary/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyglossary/default.nix
index 9f9012c06d4a..6617af80e51d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyglossary/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyglossary/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
   # for GUI only
   pygobject3,
   gtk3,
+  enableCmd ? false,
+  prompt-toolkit,
+  tqdm,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -58,6 +61,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals enableGui [
     pygobject3
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals enableCmd [
+    prompt-toolkit
+    tqdm
   ];
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals enableGui [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyglossary/fix-install-issues.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyglossary/fix-install-issues.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d9e5db1a8111..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyglossary/fix-install-issues.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-diff --git c/pyproject.toml w/pyproject.toml
-index abfb59ac..8f9c2121 100644
---- c/pyproject.toml
-+++ w/pyproject.toml
-@@ -416,11 +416,10 @@ version = "5.1.1"
- description = "A tool for converting dictionary files aka glossaries."
- readme = "README.md"
- authors = [{ name = "Saeed Rasooli", email = "saeed.gnu@gmail.com" }]
--license = { text = "GPLv3+" }
-+license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
- keywords = ["dictionary", "glossary"]
- classifiers = [
- 	"Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
--	"License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)",
- 	"Operating System :: OS Independent",
- 	"Typing :: Typed",
- 	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-@@ -430,6 +429,9 @@ classifiers = [
- requires-python = ">= 3.11"
- dependencies = []
- 
-+[project.scripts]
-+pyglossary = "pyglossary.ui.main:main"
-+
- [project.optional-dependencies]
- all = ["PyICU", "lxml", "beautifulsoup4"]
- 
-diff --git c/setup.py w/setup.py
-index fd38a060..19df9ee3 100755
---- c/setup.py
-+++ w/setup.py
-@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ import sys
- from glob import glob
- from os.path import dirname, exists, isdir, join
- 
--from setuptools import setup
--from setuptools.command.install import install
-+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
- 
- VERSION = "5.1.1"
- log = logging.getLogger("root")
-@@ -46,29 +45,6 @@ def getPipSafeVersion() -> str:
- 	return VERSION
- 
- 
--class my_install(install):
--	def run(self) -> None:
--		install.run(self)
--		if os.sep == "/":
--			binPath = join(self.install_scripts, "pyglossary")
--			log.info(f"creating script file {binPath!r}")
--			if not exists(self.install_scripts):
--				os.makedirs(self.install_scripts)
--				# let it fail on wrong permissions.
--			elif not isdir(self.install_scripts):
--				raise OSError(
--					"installation path already exists "
--					f"but is not a directory: {self.install_scripts}",
--				)
--			open(binPath, "w", encoding="ascii").write("""#!/usr/bin/env -S python3 -O
--import sys
--from os.path import dirname
--sys.path.insert(0, dirname(__file__))
--from pyglossary.ui.main import main
--main()""")
--			os.chmod(binPath, 0o755)
--
--
- root_data_file_names = [
- 	"about",
- 	"LICENSE",
-@@ -146,19 +122,14 @@ setup(
- 	name="pyglossary",
- 	version=getPipSafeVersion(),
- 	python_requires=">=3.10.0",
--	cmdclass={
--		"install": my_install,
--	},
- 	description="A tool for converting dictionary files aka glossaries.",
- 	long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
- 	long_description=long_description,
- 	author="Saeed Rasooli",
- 	author_email="saeed.gnu@gmail.com",
--	license="GPLv3+",
-+	license="GPL-3.0-or-later",
- 	url="https://github.com/ilius/pyglossary",
--	packages=[
--		"pyglossary",
--	],
-+	packages=find_packages(),
- 	entry_points={
- 		"console_scripts": [
- 			"pyglossary = pyglossary.ui.main:main",