diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fa/fail2ban/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fa/fail2ban/package.nix
index 32a161c8edc4..a39b9a5662bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fa/fail2ban/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fa/fail2ban/package.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
   pyproject = true;
 
   __structuredAttrs = true;
-  strictDeps = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "fail2ban";