diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d3bccd10b388..6d8d7d8b7586 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18092,6 +18092,9 @@ in {
     checkPhase = ''
       nosetests -v $out/${python.sitePackages}
     '';
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "__builtins__.__NUMPY_SETUP__ = False" ""
+    '';
   };
 
   paho-mqtt = buildPythonPackage rec {