diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/detect-secrets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/detect-secrets/default.nix
index c4e5d6f7a439..2b5e7229b48e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/detect-secrets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/detect-secrets/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
   setuptools,
   unidiff,
   writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
+  withGibberish ? true,
+  withWordList ? true,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -31,11 +33,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   dependencies = [
-    gibberish-detector
     pyyaml
-    pyahocorasick
     requests
-  ];
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withGibberish optional-dependencies.gibberish
+  ++ lib.optionals withWordList optional-dependencies.word_list;
+
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    gibberish = [
+      gibberish-detector
+    ];
+    word_list = [
+      pyahocorasick
+    ];
+  };
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     mock
@@ -51,11 +62,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_basic"
     "test_handles_each_path_separately"
     "test_handles_multiple_directories"
-    "test_load_and_output"
     "test_make_decisions"
-    "test_restores_line_numbers"
     "test_saves_to_baseline"
-    "test_scan_all_files"
     "test_start_halfway"
   ];