diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qmk-dotty-dict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qmk-dotty-dict/default.nix
index 07b684beb7c7..4e52dc991795 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qmk-dotty-dict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qmk-dotty-dict/default.nix
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Dictionary wrapper for quick access to deeply nested keys";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pawelzny/dotty_dict";
+    description = "Dictionary wrapper for quick access to deeply nested keys";
+    longDescription = ''
+      This is a version of dotty-dict by QMK (https://qmk.fm) since the original
+      dotty-dict published to pypi has non-ASCII characters that breaks with
+      some non-UTF8 locale settings.
+    '';
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ babariviere ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/qmk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/qmk/default.nix
index ef25a7361c26..5067e1e0fabe 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/qmk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/qmk/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-{ lib, python3, fetchpatch, writeText }:
+{ lib
+, python3
+}:
 
-let
-  inherit (python3.pkgs) buildPythonApplication fetchPypi;
-  setuppy = writeText "setup.py" ''
-    from setuptools import setup
-    setup()
-  '';
-in buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "qmk";
   version = "1.0.0";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
+  src = python3.pkgs.fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "sha256-2mLuxzxFSMw3sLm+OTcgLcOjAdwvJmNhDsynUaYQ+co=";
   };
@@ -36,8 +32,12 @@ in buildPythonApplication rec {
     pyusb
   ];
 
+  # buildPythonApplication requires setup.py; the setup.py file crafted below
+  # acts as a wrapper to setup.cfg
   postConfigure = ''
-    cp ${setuppy} setup.py
+    touch setup.py
+    echo "from setuptools import setup" >> setup.py
+    echo "setup()" >> setup.py
   '';
 
   # no tests implemented