diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/astropy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/astropy/default.nix
index 5aca4395568e..0a012a0d9d27 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/astropy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/astropy/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   fetchPypi,
+  fetchpatch,
   buildPythonPackage,
   pythonOlder,
 
@@ -37,6 +38,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-ial13jVtBgjnTx9JNEL7Osu7eoW3OeB0RguwNAAUs5w=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "drop-usage-known-bad-actor-cdn.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/astropy/astropy/commit/d329cb38e49584ad0ff5244fd2fff74cfa1f92f1.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-+DbDwYeyR+mMDLRB4jiyol/5WO0LwqSCCEwjgflxoTk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     astropy-extension-helpers
     cython