diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnest2d/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnest2d/package.nix
index 88906caac71e..cd583bdc7d2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnest2d/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnest2d/package.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace {,examples/}CMakeLists.txt \
       --replace "set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)" "set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)"
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
+
   '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarcus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarcus/default.nix
index b408fdbb5f48..6188f2c5aaa7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarcus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarcus/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   cmake,
   sip4,
   protobuf,
+  distutils,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -30,16 +31,25 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ sip4 ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    sip4
+    distutils
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    sip4
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [ protobuf ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i 's#''${Python3_SITEARCH}#${placeholder "out"}/${python.sitePackages}#' cmake/SIPMacros.cmake
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    broken = true;
     description = "Communication library between internal components for Ultimaker software";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Ultimaker/libArcus";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libsavitar/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libsavitar/default.nix
index a2522c5dc816..7ccfe8052faf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libsavitar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libsavitar/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cmake,
   sip4,
+  distutils,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -22,21 +23,28 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i 's#''${Python3_SITEARCH}#${placeholder "out"}/${python.sitePackages}#' cmake/SIPMacros.cmake
+
+    substituteInPlace pugixml/CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    sip4
+  ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ sip4 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    sip4
+    distutils
+  ];
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.4.0";
+  strictDeps = true;
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "C++ implementation of 3mf loading with SIP python bindings";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Ultimaker/libSavitar";
-    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      orivej
-    ];
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ orivej ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynest2d/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynest2d/default.nix
index 87cbebb03d7f..5fb72a4cbdb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynest2d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynest2d/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   libnest2d,
   sip4,
   clipper,
+  distutils,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -25,8 +26,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     libnest2d
     sip4
     clipper
+    distutils
   ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    sip4
+  ];
+
+  strictDeps = true;
 
   CLIPPER_PATH = "${clipper.out}";