diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/client.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/client.nix
index 6a63952ab6f3..ce360b14f476 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/client.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/client.nix
@@ -120,6 +120,22 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
   passthru = {
+    # Cyclic dependencies are fun!
+    # overridePythonAttrs is not available in finalAttrs.finalPackage
+    sans-reverse-dependencies = finalAttrs.finalPackage.overrideAttrs (old: {
+      pname = old.pname + "-sans-reverse-dependencies";
+      # we aggressively remove all checkPhase related attrs
+      # to save on rebuilds during bumps
+      doInstallCheck = false;
+      doCheck = false;
+      preCheck = "";
+      enabledTestPaths = [ ];
+      disabledTestMarks = [ ];
+      disabledTests = [ ];
+      pythonImportsCheck = null;
+      dontCheckRuntimeDeps = true;
+    });
+
     inherit (gradio) updateScript;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/default.nix
index 6dd6c38b9cb3..7e11791b068b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/default.nix
@@ -414,14 +414,14 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
         # gradio.sans-reverse-dependencies, which would create a build cycle.
         # Break it by giving hf-gradio a checkless gradio-client.
         hf-gradio = hf-gradio.override {
-          gradio-client = gradio-client.overridePythonAttrs {
-            doCheck = false;
-          };
+          gradio-client = gradio-client.sans-reverse-dependencies;
         };
       }).overridePythonAttrs
         (old: {
           pname = old.pname + "-sans-reverse-dependencies";
           pythonRemoveDeps = (old.pythonRemoveDeps or [ ]) ++ [ "gradio-client" ];
+          # we aggressively remove all checkPhase related attrs
+          # to save on rebuilds during bumps
           doInstallCheck = false;
           doCheck = false;
           postPatch = "";