diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytorch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytorch/default.nix
index f14200b3542..17bf6f5cdab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytorch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytorch/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
       })
     ];
 
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
   preConfigure = lib.optionalString cudaSupport ''
     export CC=${cudatoolkit.cc}/bin/gcc CXX=${cudatoolkit.cc}/bin/g++
   '' + lib.optionalString (cudaSupport && cudnn != null) ''