diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiowatttime/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiowatttime/default.nix
index 85d6076ad275..dde165c5bf87 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiowatttime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiowatttime/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , aresponses
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , poetry-core
 , pytest-aiohttp
 , pytest-asyncio
@@ -24,6 +25,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-rqmsUvVwXC/XkR/v2d9d3t7u6Poms4ORiOci41ajXIo=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # This patch removes references to setuptools and wheel that are no longer
+    # necessary and changes poetry to poetry-core, so that we don't need to add
+    # unnecessary nativeBuildInputs.
+    #
+    #   https://github.com/bachya/aiowatttime/pull/206
+    #
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "clean-up-build-dependencies.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/bachya/aiowatttime/commit/c3cd53f794964c5435148caacd04f4e0ab8f550a.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-RLRbHmaR2A8MNc96WHx0L8ccyygoBUaOulAuRJkFuUM=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     poetry-core
   ];
@@ -32,6 +47,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     aiohttp
   ];
 
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     aresponses
     pytest-aiohttp