diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopidy.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopidy.nix
index 2465b0256aa9..07c89dad0fce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopidy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/mopidy.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
       pygobject3
       pykka
       requests
-      setuptools
+      # Provides pkg_resources required by Mopidy 3 and affected extensions.
+      # Remove when updating to Mopidy 4.
+      setuptools_80
       tornado
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [ dbus-python ];