diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix
index 6305109fb469..dc25759afe39 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, numba, numpy, pandas, pytestrunner,
-thrift, pytestCheckHook, python-snappy, lz4, zstd }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, numba, numpy, pandas, pytestrunner
+, thrift, pytestCheckHook, python-snappy, lz4, zstandard, zstd }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "fastparquet";
@@ -12,16 +12,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "17i091kky34m2xivk29fqsyxxxa7v4352n79w01n7ni93za6wana";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    # FIXME: package zstandard
-    # removing the test dependency for now
-    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'zstandard'," ""
-  '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pytestrunner ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ numba numpy pandas thrift ];
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook python-snappy lz4 zstd ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook python-snappy lz4 zstandard zstd ];
 
+  # E   ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'fastparquet.speedups'
+  doCheck = false;
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "fastparquet" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {