diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/statmake/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/statmake/default.nix
index becfce3cc74f..70f7c75de4f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/statmake/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/statmake/default.nix
@@ -50,18 +50,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ufoLib2
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    # https://github.com/daltonmaag/statmake/pull/41
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace 'requires = ["poetry>=1.0.0"]' 'requires = ["poetry-core"]' \
-      --replace 'build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"' 'build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"' \
-      --replace 'cattrs = "^1.1"' 'cattrs = ">= 1.1"'
-  '';
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "statmake"
   ];
 
+  disabledTests = [
+    # Test requires an update as later cattrs is present in Nixpkgs
+    # https://github.com/daltonmaag/statmake/issues/42
+    "test_load_stylespace_broken_range"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Applies STAT information from a Stylespace to a variable font";
     homepage = "https://github.com/daltonmaag/statmake";