diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ar/ark-pixel-font/limit-builds.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ar/ark-pixel-font/limit-builds.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c63798e071c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ar/ark-pixel-font/limit-builds.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
+index 48bc757d..88b9ed9b 100644
+--- a/build.py
++++ b/build.py
+@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
+ from scripts import configs
+ from scripts.configs import path_define
+-from scripts.services import publish_service, info_service, template_service, image_service
+ from scripts.services.font_service import DesignContext, FontContext
+ from scripts.utils import fs_util
+ 
+@@ -21,21 +20,6 @@ def main():
+             font_context.make_pcf()
+             font_context.make_otc()
+             font_context.make_ttc()
+-            publish_service.make_release_zips(font_config, width_mode)
+-            info_service.make_info_file(design_context, width_mode)
+-            info_service.make_alphabet_txt_file(design_context, width_mode)
+-            template_service.make_alphabet_html_file(design_context, width_mode)
+-        template_service.make_demo_html_file(design_context)
+-        image_service.make_preview_image_file(font_config)
+-    template_service.make_index_html_file()
+-    template_service.make_playground_html_file()
+-    image_service.make_readme_banner()
+-    image_service.make_github_banner()
+-    image_service.make_itch_io_banner()
+-    image_service.make_itch_io_background()
+-    image_service.make_itch_io_cover()
+-    image_service.make_afdian_cover()
+-
+ 
+ if __name__ == '__main__':
+     main()
+
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ar/ark-pixel-font/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ar/ark-pixel-font/package.nix
index 578552a03f13..e93cccf68420 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ar/ark-pixel-font/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ar/ark-pixel-font/package.nix
@@ -28,10 +28,15 @@ python312Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     gitpython
   ];
 
+  # By default build.py builds a LOT of extraneous artifacts we don't need.
+  patches = [ ./limit-builds.patch ];
+
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
 
-    python build.py
+    # Too much debug output would break Hydra, so this jankness has to be here for it to build at all.
+    # I wish there's a builtin way to set the log level without modifying the script itself...
+    python3 build.py 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep -E '^(INFO|WARN|ERROR)'
 
     runHook postBuild
   '';
@@ -43,6 +48,9 @@ python312Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     install -Dm444 build/outputs/*.otf -t $out/share/fonts/opentype
     install -Dm444 build/outputs/*.ttf -t $out/share/fonts/truetype
     install -Dm444 build/outputs/*.woff2 -t $out/share/fonts/woff2
+    install -Dm444 build/outputs/*.pcf -t $out/share/fonts/pcf
+    install -Dm444 build/outputs/*.otc -t $out/share/fonts/otc
+    install -Dm444 build/outputs/*.ttc -t $out/share/fonts/ttc
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';