diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spyder/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spyder/default.nix
index acaa2e888f8d..43bddb4e4719 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spyder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spyder/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     # remove dependency on pyqtwebengine
     # this is still part of the pyqt 5.11 version we have in nixpkgs
     sed -i /pyqtwebengine/d setup.py
-    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "pyqt5<5.13" "pyqt5"
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "pyqt5<5.13" "pyqt5" \
+      --replace "parso==0.7.0" "parso" \
+      --replace "jedi==0.17.1" "jedi"
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''