diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/yarGen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/yarGen/default.nix
index e00dc5f1ddba..1cbf736bd266 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/yarGen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/yarGen/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , python3
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "yarGen";
@@ -14,6 +15,15 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "6PJNAeeLAyUlZcIi0g57sO1Ex6atn7JhbK9kDbNrZ6A=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/Neo23x0/yarGen/pull/33
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "use-built-in-scandir.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/Neo23x0/yarGen/commit/cae14ac8efeb5536885792cae99d1d0f7fb6fde3.patch";
+      sha256 = "0z6925r7n1iysld5c8li5nkm1dbxg8j7pn0626a4vic525vf8ndl";
+    })
+  ];
+
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
@@ -23,7 +33,6 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-    scandir
     pefile
     lxml
   ];