diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/chia/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/chia/default.nix
index 7b85a242effa..9bcc2ee3b467 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/chia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/chia/default.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   patches = [
-    # tweak version requirements to what's available in Nixpkgs
-    ./dependencies.patch
     # Allow later websockets release, https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-blockchain/pull/6304
     (fetchpatch {
       name = "later-websockets.patch";
@@ -66,6 +64,16 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     "test_spend_zero_coin"
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # tweak version requirements to what's available in Nixpkgs
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "aiohttp==3.7.4" "aiohttp>=3.7.4" \
+      --replace "sortedcontainers==2.3.0" "sortedcontainers>=2.3.0" \
+      --replace "click==7.1.2" "click>=7.1.2" \
+      --replace "clvm_rs==0.1.7" "clvm_rs>=0.1.7" \
+      --replace "clvm==0.9.6" "clvm>=0.9.6" \
+  '';
+
   preCheck = ''
     export HOME=`mktemp -d`
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/chia/dependencies.patch b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/chia/dependencies.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d9575d1d392c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/chia/dependencies.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index c5cf95db..b783a9e6 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies = [
-     "clvm==0.9.6",
-     "clvm_rs==0.1.7",
-     "clvm_tools==0.4.3",
--    "aiohttp==3.7.4",  # HTTP server for full node rpc
-+    "aiohttp==3.7.4.post0",  # HTTP server for full node rpc
-     "aiosqlite==0.17.0",  # asyncio wrapper for sqlite, to store blocks
-     "bitstring==3.1.7",  # Binary data management library
-     "colorlog==5.0.1",  # Adds color to logs