diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix
index 4392b3cb60121..eb9232a3deb53 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix
@@ -37,19 +37,25 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   postPatch =
-    if withApplePCSC then
-      ''
-        substituteInPlace smartcard/scard/winscarddll.c \
-          --replace-fail "/System/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework/PCSC" \
-                    "${PCSC}/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework/PCSC"
-      ''
-    else
-      ''
-        substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "pkg-config" "$PKG_CONFIG"
-        substituteInPlace smartcard/scard/winscarddll.c \
-          --replace-fail "libpcsclite.so.1" \
-                    "${lib.getLib pcsclite}/lib/libpcsclite${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}"
-      '';
+    ''
+      substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+        --replace-fail "\"setuptools\",\"swig\"" "\"setuptools\""
+    ''
+    + (
+      if withApplePCSC then
+        ''
+          substituteInPlace smartcard/scard/winscarddll.c \
+            --replace-fail "/System/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework/PCSC" \
+                      "${PCSC}/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework/PCSC"
+        ''
+      else
+        ''
+          substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "pkg-config" "$PKG_CONFIG"
+          substituteInPlace smartcard/scard/winscarddll.c \
+            --replace-fail "libpcsclite.so.1" \
+                      "${lib.getLib pcsclite}/lib/libpcsclite${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}"
+        ''
+    );
 
   preCheck = ''
     # remove src module, so tests use the installed module instead