1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/libpcap/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/libpcap/default.nix
index 1dbc2de90dfb..d094e7715fca 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/libpcap/default.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/libpcap/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 , pkgsLibpcap
 , pkg-about
 , setuptools
-, tox
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -25,10 +24,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     setuptools
-    tox
   ];
 
+  # tox is listed in build requirements but not actually used to build
+  # keeping it as a requirement breaks the build unnecessarily
   postPatch = ''
+    sed  -i "/requires/s/, 'tox>=3.25.1'//"  pyproject.toml
     cat <<EOF >src/libpcap/libpcap.cfg
     [libpcap]
     LIBPCAP = ${pkgsLibpcap}/lib/libpcap${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}