diff --git a/dev-python/decopatch/decopatch-1.4.10-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/decopatch/decopatch-1.4.10-r1.ebuild
index d89f6945d0..58e502b2a5 100644
--- a/dev-python/decopatch/decopatch-1.4.10-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/decopatch/decopatch-1.4.10-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2022-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 RDEPEND="dev-python/makefun[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 BDEPEND="dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-python12.patch" )
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-python12.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-pkg_resources.patch"
+)
 
 EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-cases )
 EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
diff --git a/dev-python/decopatch/files/decopatch-1.4.10-pkg_resources.patch b/dev-python/decopatch/files/decopatch-1.4.10-pkg_resources.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b1b47773a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/decopatch/files/decopatch-1.4.10-pkg_resources.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+https://github.com/smarie/python-decopatch/pull/39
+
+---
+ setup.py | 7 -------
+ 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index ab1583e..f533213 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
+ from setuptools import setup
+ 
+ 
+-# (1) check required versions (from https://medium.com/@daveshawley/safely-using-setup-cfg-for-metadata-1babbe54c108)
+-import pkg_resources
+-
+-pkg_resources.require("setuptools>=39.2")
+-pkg_resources.require("setuptools_scm")
+-
+-
+ # (2) Generate download url using git version
+ from setuptools_scm import get_version  # noqa: E402
+