diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/frictionless/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/frictionless/default.nix
index 80013e731fd4..68edce923de3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/frictionless/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/frictionless/default.nix
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     openpyxl
     xlrd
   ]
-  ++ lib.concatAttrValues optional-dependencies;
+  # datasette is transitively broken by asgi-csrf
+  ++ lib.concatAttrValues (lib.removeAttrs optional-dependencies [ "datasette" ]);
 
   disabledTestPaths = [
     # Requires optional dependencies that have not been packaged (commented out above)