diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/glyphsets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/glyphsets/default.nix
index 2792bec5c3ed..e918de58ae85 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/glyphsets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/glyphsets/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-fa+W1IGIZcn1P1xNKm1Yb/TOuf4QdDVnIvlDkOLOcLY=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail "setuptools_scm>=8.0.4,<8.1" "setuptools_scm"
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     defcon
     fonttools
@@ -31,16 +41,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     glyphslib
     pyyaml
     requests
-    setuptools
     unicodedata2
   ];
-  build-system = [ setuptools-scm ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
   preCheck = ''
     export PATH="$out/bin:$PATH"
   '';
+
   disabledTests = [
     # This "test" just tries to connect to PyPI and look for newer releases. Not needed.
     "test_dependencies"