diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ocrmypdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ocrmypdf/default.nix
index 3e75bb7fb8e2..9a4fbf6112f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ocrmypdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ocrmypdf/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , coloredlogs
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , ghostscript
 , img2pdf
 , importlib-metadata
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       tesseract = "${lib.getBin tesseract4}/bin/tesseract";
       unpaper = "${lib.getBin unpaper}/bin/unpaper";
     })
+    # https://github.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF/pull/973
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF/commit/808b24d59f5b541a335006aa6ea7cdc3c991adc0.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-khsH70fWk5fStf94wcRKKX7cCbgD69LtKkngJIqA3+w=";
+    })
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pikepdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pikepdf/default.nix
index aa5a66826cbe..b3d34d823361 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pikepdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pikepdf/default.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i 's|\S*/opt/homebrew.*|pass|' setup.py
+  '';
+
   SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
 
   buildInputs = [