diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/pass-git-helper/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/pass-git-helper/package.nix
index d5891066cc11..30cec7a4530b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/pass-git-helper/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/pass-git-helper/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   python3Packages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
 
   dependencies = with python3Packages; [ pyxdg ];
 
-  env.HOME = "$TMPDIR";
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ writableTmpDirAsHomeHook ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "passgithelper" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/haystack-ai/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/haystack-ai/default.nix
index 5a8249999456..fd9700dd0579 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/haystack-ai/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/haystack-ai/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   hatchling,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
   boilerpy3,
   events,
   httpx,
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     hatchling
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -131,8 +133,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     transformers
   ];
 
-  env.HOME = "$(mktemp -d)";
-
   optional-dependencies = {
     # all = [
     #   farm-haystack
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/molecule/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/molecule/default.nix
index 14c7a725c332..762c29351013 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/molecule/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/molecule/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   testers,
   wcmatch,
   withPlugins ? true,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
   molecule-plugins,
   yamllint,
 }:
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     }).overrideAttrs
       (old: {
         # workaround the error: Permission denied: '/homeless-shelter'
-        HOME = "$(mktemp -d)";
+        nativeBuildInputs = old.nativeBuildInputs ++ [ writableTmpDirAsHomeHook ];
       });
 
   meta = {