diff --git a/pkgs/patches/channelstream/setuptools.patch b/pkgs/patches/channelstream/setuptools.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/patches/channelstream/setuptools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -rup channelstream-0.6.14-orig/setup.py channelstream-0.6.14/setup.py
+
+--- channelstream-0.6.14/setup-orig.py	2021-03-11 12:34:45.000000000 +0100
++++ channelstream-0.6.14/setup.py	2021-03-11 12:34:56.000000000 +0100
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ setup(
+     include_package_data=True,
+     install_requires=requires,
+     python_requires=">=2.7",
+-    setup_requires=["pytest-runner"],
++    setup_requires=["pytest-runner==5.1.0"],
+     extras_require={
+         "dev": ["coverage", "pytest", "pyramid", "tox", "mock", "webtest"],
+         "lint": ["black"],
diff --git a/pkgs/patches/pyramid_apispec/setuptools.patch b/pkgs/patches/pyramid_apispec/setuptools.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/patches/pyramid_apispec/setuptools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -rup pyramid-apispec-0.3.2-orig/setup.py pyramid-apispec-0.3.2/setup.py
+--- pyramid-apispec-0.3.2-orig/setup.py	2021-03-11 11:19:26.000000000 +0100
++++ pyramid-apispec-0.3.2/setup.py	2021-03-11 11:19:51.000000000 +0100
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ setup(
+     packages=find_packages(exclude=["contrib", "docs", "tests"]),
+     package_data={"pyramid_apispec": ["static/*.*"], "": ["LICENSE"]},
+     install_requires=["apispec[yaml]==1.0.0"],
+-    setup_requires=["pytest-runner"],
++    setup_requires=["pytest-runner==5.1"],
+     extras_require={
+         "dev": ["coverage", "pytest", "pyramid", "tox", "webtest"],
+         "demo": ["marshmallow==2.15.3", "pyramid", "apispec", "webtest"],
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diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages-overrides.nix b/pkgs/python-packages-overrides.nix
--- a/pkgs/python-packages-overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages-overrides.nix
@@ -280,6 +280,18 @@ self: super: {
     ];
   });
 
+  "pyramid-apispec" = super."pyramid-apispec".override (attrs: {
+    patches = [
+      ./patches/pyramid_apispec/setuptools.patch
+    ];
+  });
+
+  "channelstream" = super."channelstream".override (attrs: {
+    patches = [
+      ./patches/channelstream/setuptools.patch
+    ];
+  });
+
   # Avoid that base packages screw up the build process
   inherit (basePythonPackages)
     setuptools;