diff --git a/science/py-asdf/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/science/py-asdf/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25f689074802
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+++ b/science/py-asdf/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-02-27 20:49:34 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ dependencies = [
+ dependencies = [
+   "asdf-standard>=1.0.1",
+   "asdf-transform-schemas>=0.3",
+-  "asdf-unit-schemas>=0.1",
+   "importlib-metadata>=4.11.4",
+   "jmespath>=0.6.2",
+   "numpy>=1.22",