diff --git a/modules/drv-parts/pip/default.nix b/modules/drv-parts/pip/default.nix
index 9c5aed0f..b5b04ba7 100644
--- a/modules/drv-parts/pip/default.nix
+++ b/modules/drv-parts/pip/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@
   python = config.deps.python;
   metadata = config.lock.content.fetchPipMetadata;
 
+  ignored = l.genAttrs cfg.ignoredDependencies (name: true);
+
+  filterTarget = target:
+    l.filterAttrs (name: target: ! ignored ? ${name}) target;
+
+  # filter out ignored dependencies
+  targets = l.flip l.mapAttrs metadata.targets (
+    targetName: target:
+      l.flip l.mapAttrs (filterTarget target) (
+        packageName: deps:
+          l.filter (dep: ! ignored ? ${dep}) deps
+      )
+  );
+
   writers = import ../../../pkgs/writers {
     inherit lib;
     inherit
@@ -64,6 +78,7 @@
             gawk
             path
             stdenv
+            unzip
             writeScript
             writeScriptBin
             ;
@@ -129,9 +144,9 @@ in {
           if targets.default ? ${config.name}
           then
             throw ''
-            Top-level package ${config.name} is listed in the lockfile.
-            Set `pip.flattenDependencies` to false to use only the top-level dependencies.
-          ''
+              Top-level package ${config.name} is listed in the lockfile.
+              Set `pip.flattenDependencies` to false to use only the top-level dependencies.
+            ''
           else let
             topLevelDepNames = l.attrNames (targets.default);
           in
@@ -139,9 +154,9 @@ in {
         else if ! targets.default ? ${config.name}
         then
           throw ''
-          Top-level package ${config.name} is not listed in the lockfile.
-          Set `pip.flattenDependencies` to true to use all dependencies for the top-level package.
-        ''
+            Top-level package ${config.name} is not listed in the lockfile.
+            Set `pip.flattenDependencies` to true to use all dependencies for the top-level package.
+          ''
         else [];
     };
   };
diff --git a/modules/drv-parts/pip/interface.nix b/modules/drv-parts/pip/interface.nix
index 7a5976b1..6ec04cf5 100644
--- a/modules/drv-parts/pip/interface.nix
+++ b/modules/drv-parts/pip/interface.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ in {
       '';
       default = false;
     };
+    ignoredDependencies = l.mkOption {
+      type = t.listOf t.str;
+      description = ''
+        list of dependencies to ignore
+      '';
+      default = ["wheel"];
+    };
     pypiSnapshotDate = l.mkOption {
       type = t.str;
       description = ''