diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/patches/dep-versions.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/patches/dep-versions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..863c5e19d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/patches/dep-versions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Several dependencies have needlessly restrictive version requirements, which
+causes build failures against more up-to-date Void packages.
+
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
+ build-backend = 'mesonpy'
+ requires = [
+     "meson-python>=0.12.1,<0.14.0", # already working with 0.13.x series at branch time
+-    "Cython>=0.29.35,<3.0",  # when updating version, also update check in meson.build
+-    "pybind11>=2.10.4,<2.11.0",
++    "Cython>=0.29.35",  # when updating version, also update check in meson.build
++    "pybind11>=2.10.4",
+     "pythran>=0.12.0,<0.14.0", # already working with 0.13.x series at branch time
+     # `wheel` is needed for non-isolated builds, given that `meson-python`
+     # doesn't list it as a runtime requirement (at least in 0.5.0)
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
+     # however macOS was broken and it's safe C API/ABI-wise to build against 1.21.6
+     # (see oldest-supported-numpy issues gh-28 and gh-45)
+     "numpy==1.21.6; python_version=='3.10' and (platform_system!='Windows' and platform_machine!='loongarch64') and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
+-    "numpy==1.23.2; python_version=='3.11' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
++    "numpy>=1.23.2; python_version=='3.11' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
+ 
+     # For Python versions which aren't yet officially supported,
+     # we specify an unpinned NumPy which allows source distributions
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/patches/numpy-version.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/patches/numpy-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 74f9b4a919b..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/patches/numpy-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-There doesn't seem to be a valid reason for this restriction, and it doesn't
-impede building anyway.
-
---- a/pyproject.toml
-+++ b/pyproject.toml
-@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
-     # however macOS was broken and it's safe C API/ABI-wise to build against 1.21.6
-     # (see oldest-supported-numpy issues gh-28 and gh-45)
-     "numpy==1.21.6; python_version=='3.10' and (platform_system!='Windows' and platform_machine!='loongarch64') and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
--    "numpy==1.23.2; python_version=='3.11' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
-+    "numpy>=1.23.2; python_version=='3.11' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
- 
-     # For Python versions which aren't yet officially supported,
-     # we specify an unpinned NumPy which allows source distributions