diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/statsmodels/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/statsmodels/default.nix
index 0499b856422f..345bbe85f1e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/statsmodels/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/statsmodels/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   packaging,
   pandas,
   patsy,
-  pythonOlder,
   scipy,
   setuptools,
   setuptools-scm,
@@ -19,13 +18,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.14.5";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
-
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-3iYOWMzP0s7d+DW1WjVyM9bKhToapPkPdVOlLMccbd8=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail 'setuptools_scm[toml]>=8,<9' 'setuptools_scm[toml]'
+  '';
+
   build-system = [
     cython
     numpy