diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix
index 4392b3cb60121..18909b6989805 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   pytestCheckHook,
   setuptools,
   stdenv,
-  swig,
+  swig-pypi,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-wlw2QL1vfhXba8ok/URcd9M+F7Sa+ZtekV1w5X24owE=";
   };
 
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    swig-pypi
+  ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ swig ] ++ lib.optionals (!withApplePCSC) [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ ] ++ lib.optionals (!withApplePCSC) [ pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = if withApplePCSC then [ PCSC ] else [ pcsclite ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/swig-pypi/0001-stub.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swig-pypi/0001-stub.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c12e475c4f85a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swig-pypi/0001-stub.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index b81769b..d28e092 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -12,43 +12,12 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+ endif()
+ 
+ enable_language(CXX)
+-include(ExternalProject)
+ 
+ include(swig_version.cmake)
+ 
+ set(_swig_cache_args)
+ set(_swig_build_flags)
+ 
+-if(WIN32)
+-  set(_swig_build_flags "${_swig_build_flags} -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++")
+-  if (SWIG VERSION_LESS 4.1.0)
+-    # Building with Makefiles on Windows using MSYS is a royal pain
+-    # Makefiles were trying to run using the git bash copy of sh.exe, but
+-    # of course, those failed to run due to a SPACE in the path name
+-    # because "Program Files"...
+-    set(WIN_USE_PREBUILT ON)
+-  endif()
+-endif()
+-
+-
+-
+-function(tmp_ExternalProject_add_Empty prj deps)
+-  set(deps_args)
+-  if(NOT deps STREQUAL "")
+-    set(deps_args DEPENDS ${deps})
+-  endif()
+-  ExternalProject_add(${prj}
+-    SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${prj}
+-    DOWNLOAD_COMMAND ""
+-    UPDATE_COMMAND ""
+-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+-    BUILD_COMMAND ""
+-    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+-    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+-    ${deps_args}
+-    )
+-endfunction()
+-
+ # PCRE2
+ set(PCRE2_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/PCRE2-src)
+ set(PCRE2_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/PCRE2-build)
+@@ -59,150 +28,6 @@ set(PCRE_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/PCRE-src)
+ set(PCRE_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/PCRE-build)
+ set(PCRE_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/PCRE-install)
+ 
+-if(NOT WIN_USE_PREBUILT)
+-  if(NOT SWIG_VERSION VERSION_LESS 4.1.0)
+-    ExternalProject_add(PCRE2
+-      SOURCE_DIR ${PCRE2_SOURCE_DIR}
+-      BINARY_DIR ${PCRE2_BINARY_DIR}
+-      INSTALL_DIR ${PCRE2_INSTALL_DIR}
+-      URL "https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.40/pcre2-10.40.zip"
+-      URL_HASH "SHA256=b6ee01732f0e41296e60a00ce37fbed1c4955ae7e7625b1fd29a55605c9493b4"
+-      CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
+-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${default_build_type}
+-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR>
+-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:STRING=lib
+-	-DCMAKE_C_STANDARD:STRING=99
+-        "-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES:STRING=${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}"
+-      )
+-    list(APPEND _swig_cache_args
+-        -DPCRE2_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=${PCRE2_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}pcre2-8${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+-        -DPCRE2_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=${PCRE2_INSTALL_DIR}/include
+-      )
+-  else()
+-    ExternalProject_add(PCRE
+-      SOURCE_DIR ${PCRE_SOURCE_DIR}
+-      BINARY_DIR ${PCRE_BINARY_DIR}
+-      INSTALL_DIR ${PCRE_INSTALL_DIR}
+-      URL "https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcre/pcre-8.45.tar.gz"
+-      URL_HASH "SHA256=4e6ce03e0336e8b4a3d6c2b70b1c5e18590a5673a98186da90d4f33c23defc09"
+-      CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
+-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${default_build_type}
+-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR>
+-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:STRING=lib
+-        "-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES:STRING=${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}"
+-      )
+-    list(APPEND _swig_cache_args
+-        -DPCRE_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=${PCRE_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}pcre${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+-        -DPCRE_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=${PCRE_INSTALL_DIR}/include
+-      )
+-  endif()
+-endif()
+-
+-# Bison
+-find_package(BISON 3.5)
+-if(NOT BISON_FOUND AND NOT WIN_USE_PREBUILT)
+-  set(BISON_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/BISON-bin-src)
+-  set(BISON_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/BISON-bin-build)
+-  set(BISON_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/BISON-bin-install)
+-  set(BISON_BINARY_DIST_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/BISON-bin-dist)
+-  set(BISON_BINARY_DIST_ARCH_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/BISON-bin-dist-arch)
+-  if(WIN32)
+-    # Easiest to just download a precompiled binary
+-#    ExternalProject_add(BISON-bin
+-#      SOURCE_DIR ${BISON_SOURCE_DIR}
+-#      BINARY_DIR ${BISON_BINARY_DIR}
+-#      URL "https://github.com/lexxmark/winflexbison/archive/v2.5.24.tar.gz"
+-#      URL_HASH "SHA256=a49d6e310636e3487e1e066e411d908cfeae2d5b5fde1f3cf74fe1d6d4301062"
+-#      CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
+-#        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${BISON_INSTALL_DIR}
+-#      INSTALL_DIR ${BISON_INSTALL_DIR}
+-#      )
+-    ExternalProject_add(BISON-bin
+-      SOURCE_DIR ${BISON_BINARY_DIST_DIR}
+-      URL "https://github.com/lexxmark/winflexbison/releases/download/v2.5.24/win_flex_bison-2.5.24.zip"
+-      URL_HASH "SHA256=39c6086ce211d5415500acc5ed2d8939861ca1696aee48909c7f6daf5122b505"
+-      DOWNLOAD_DIR ${BISON_SOURCE_DIR}
+-      CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+-      BUILD_COMMAND ""
+-      BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+-      INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+-      )
+-    list(APPEND _swig_cache_args
+-      -DBISON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${BISON_BINARY_DIST_DIR}/win_bison${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}
+-      )
+-  else()
+-    # Build from source on platforms that could reasonably already have autotools installed
+-    ExternalProject_add(BISON-bin
+-      SOURCE_DIR ${BISON_SOURCE_DIR}
+-      INSTALL_DIR ${BISON_INSTALL_DIR}
+-      URL "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-3.8.2.tar.gz"
+-      URL_HASH "SHA256=06c9e13bdf7eb24d4ceb6b59205a4f67c2c7e7213119644430fe82fbd14a0abb"
+-      CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
+-      BUILD_COMMAND make
+-      BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+-      INSTALL_COMMAND make install
+-      )
+-    list(APPEND _swig_cache_args
+-      -DBISON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${BISON_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/bison${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}
+-      )
+-  endif()
+-else()
+-  tmp_ExternalProject_add_Empty(BISON-bin "")
+-endif()
+-
+ # SWIG
+ set(SWIG_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/SWIG-src)
+ set(SWIG_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/SWIG-build)
+-
+-if(NOT WIN_USE_PREBUILT)
+-  if(NOT SWIG_VERSION VERSION_LESS 4.1.0)
+-    ExternalProject_add(SWIG
+-      SOURCE_DIR ${SWIG_SOURCE_DIR}
+-      BINARY_DIR ${SWIG_BINARY_DIR}
+-      URL "https://github.com/swig/swig/archive/refs/tags/v${SWIG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+-      #URL "https://github.com/swig/swig/archive/master.tar.gz"
+-      CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
+-        -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF
+-        -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED:BOOL=ON
+-        -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD:STRING=11
+-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
+-        "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=${_swig_build_flags}"
+-        "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${_swig_build_flags}"
+-        "-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES:STRING=${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}"
+-        ${_swig_cache_args}
+-      INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+-      DEPENDS
+-        PCRE2
+-        BISON-bin
+-      )
+-    install(SCRIPT ${SWIG_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_install.cmake)
+-  else()
+-    set(SWIG_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/SWIG-install)
+-    ExternalProject_add(SWIG
+-      SOURCE_DIR ${SWIG_SOURCE_DIR}
+-      INSTALL_DIR ${SWIG_INSTALL_DIR}
+-      URL "https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swig-${SWIG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+-      CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env PCRE_CONFIG=${PCRE_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/pcre-config ${MSYSTEM} ${MSYS_CMD} ${MSYS_SHELL} ${WIN_MSYS_HERE} <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --prefix=
+-      BUILD_COMMAND make -j
+-      BUILD_IN_SOURCE ON
+-      INSTALL_COMMAND make -j install DESTDIR=<INSTALL_DIR>
+-      DEPENDS
+-        PCRE
+-        BISON-bin
+-      )
+-    install(PROGRAMS ${SWIG_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/ DESTINATION bin)
+-    install(FILES ${SWIG_INSTALL_DIR}/share/ DESTINATION share)
+-  endif()
+-else(NOT WIN_USE_PREBUILT)
+-  # building on Windows with MinGW from Makefiles is a pain -- simply get precompiled Windows binaries instead
+-  set(SWIG_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/SWIG-install)
+-  ExternalProject_add(SWIG
+-    SOURCE_DIR ${SWIG_INSTALL_DIR}
+-    URL "https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swigwin-${SWIG_VERSION}.zip"
+-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+-    BUILD_COMMAND ""
+-    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+-    )
+-  install(PROGRAMS ${SWIG_INSTALL_DIR}/swig.exe DESTINATION bin)
+-  install(FILES ${SWIG_INSTALL_DIR}/Lib/ DESTINATION share/swig/${SWIG_VERSION})
+-endif()
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/swig-pypi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swig-pypi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..990b3db3001dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swig-pypi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchPypi,
+  scikit-build-core,
+  cmake,
+  ninja,
+  setuptools-scm,
+  bison,
+  pcre2,
+  swig,
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "swig";
+  version = "4.2.1.post0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-ksESZ91mulo/PqtdSjP1tHZhV7N4mEee4s+zUtm3Fok=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    cmake
+    ninja
+    scikit-build-core
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    bison
+    pcre2
+    swig
+  ];
+
+  patches = [
+    # Makes sure scikit-build doesn't try to build the dependencies for us
+    ./0001-stub.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace "src/swig/__init__.py" \
+      --replace-fail "os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), \"data\")" "\"${swig}\""
+  '';
+
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
+  pythonImportChecks = [
+    "swig"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "SWIG bindings for python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nightlark/swig-pypi";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ itepastra ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2b91ac96acdec..4dafc1a5cb35f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15311,6 +15311,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   swifter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/swifter { };
 
+  swig-pypi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/swig-pypi { };
+
   swisshydrodata = callPackage ../development/python-modules/swisshydrodata { };
 
   swspotify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/swspotify { };