diff --git a/modules/python.nix b/modules/python.nix
index 3972d26..6738909 100644
--- a/modules/python.nix
+++ b/modules/python.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       customPkgs.python-pymatting
       customPkgs.python-opencv-headless
       customPkgs.python-rembg
-      customPkgs.pythonPackages.numpy # should force the monkeypatch'd numpy
+      customPkgs.pythonPackages.numpy-1 # should force the monkeypatch'd numpy
       i3ipc
       pandas
       matplotlib
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index e89c270..3eac833 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -11,20 +11,6 @@
     };
   });
 
-  customPydantic = pkgs.python311Packages.override {
-    overrides = self: super: {
-      numpy = numpy-1;
-      pydantic = super.pydantic.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-        version = "1.10.18";
-        src = pkgs.fetchPypi {
-          pname = "pydantic";
-          inherit version;
-          sha256 = "uuvf8ZB9HZahOcJRNqm7fRfhGPEzp2ou87hF6DHjQDo=";
-        };
-        nativeBuildInputs = oldAttrs.nativeBuildInputs or [] ++ [ self.setuptools ];
-      });
-    };
-  };
 in {
   fish-rust = pkgs.callPackage ./fish-rust {};
 
@@ -53,6 +39,5 @@ in {
   python-ngx-lsp = pkgs.callPackage ./python-nginx-language-server {
     inherit lib;
     fetchFromGitHub = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub;
-    python311Packages = customPydantic;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/python-nginx-language-server/default.nix b/pkgs/python-nginx-language-server/default.nix
index 03c2b2f..db1916c 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-nginx-language-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-nginx-language-server/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 { lib, python311Packages, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-let
-  customPydantic = python311Packages.pydantic.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-    doCheck = false;
-  });
-in
 python311Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "nginx-language-server";
   version = "0.8.0";
@@ -23,6 +18,7 @@ python311Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     pygls
     customPydantic
     crossplane
+    pydantic
     lsprotocol
   ];
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "nginx_language_server" ];