diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix
index 0887533adb9a..abc876b388a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , babel
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitLab
-, fetchpatch
+, pythonRelaxDepsHook
 , html2text
 , lxml
 , packaging
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     setuptools
+    pythonRelaxDepsHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "packaging"
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [