diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-pylibssh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-pylibssh/default.nix
index 5eb60419fcf7..cfe8d7e1e1fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-pylibssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-pylibssh/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-spaGux6dYvtUtpOdU6oN7SEn8IgBof2NpQSPvr+Zplg=";
   };
 
+  # remove after https://github.com/ansible/pylibssh/pull/502 is merged
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "/setuptools_scm_git_archive/d" pyproject.toml
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cython
     wheel