diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastavro/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastavro/default.nix
index 55af3ba462f1..2360c8a74b4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastavro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastavro/default.nix
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "fastavro";
-  version = "1.7.4";
+  version = "1.7.2";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
@@ -32,15 +33,29 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];
 
+  passthru.optional-dependencies = {
+    codecs = [
+      lz4
+      python-snappy
+      zstandard
+    ];
+    snappy = [
+      python-snappy
+    ];
+    zstandard = [
+      zstandard
+    ];
+    lz4 = [
+      lz4
+    ];
+  };
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    lz4
     numpy
     pandas
     pytestCheckHook
     python-dateutil
-    python-snappy
-    zstandard
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.flatten (builtins.attrValues passthru.optional-dependencies);
 
   # Fails with "AttributeError: module 'fastavro._read_py' has no attribute
   # 'CYTHON_MODULE'." Doesn't appear to be serious. See https://github.com/fastavro/fastavro/issues/112#issuecomment-387638676.