diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/faiss/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/faiss/default.nix
index b5c0f5451c23..689349fb05ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/faiss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/faiss/default.nix
@@ -48,11 +48,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "facebookresearch";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    repo = "faiss";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-P8TynU6jz5NbcWLdI7n4LX5Gdz0Ks72bmOzQ3LGjQCQ=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString pythonSupport ''
+    substituteInPlace faiss/python/loader.py \
+      --replace-fail \
+      "# platform-dependent legacy fallback using numpy.distutils.cpuinfo" \
+      "return False"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs =
     [ cmake ]
     ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport [
@@ -63,7 +70,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       pythonPackages.python
       pythonPackages.setuptools
       pythonPackages.pip
-      pythonPackages.wheel
     ];
 
   buildInputs =
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/faiss/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/faiss/default.nix
index f6eee8cc5e32..39e34a1879e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/faiss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/faiss/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   packaging,
   setuptools,
   pip,
-  wheel,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage {
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   build-system = [
     setuptools
     pip
-    wheel
   ];
 
   dependencies = [