diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dynd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dynd/default.nix
index d4cd0e711a0d..f3e4e0a8b732 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dynd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dynd/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'--always', '--match', 'v*']).decode('ascii').strip('\n')" ""
   '';
 
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
   # Python 3 works but has a broken import test that I couldn't
   # figure out.
   doCheck = !isPy3k;