diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/ponysay/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/ponysay/package.nix
index 0b374e1efba13..f58d78285d7fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/po/ponysay/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/po/ponysay/package.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace setup.py --replace \
         "fileout.write(('#!/usr/bin/env %s\n' % env).encode('utf-8'))" \
         "fileout.write(('#!%s/bin/%s\n' % (os.environ['python3'], env)).encode('utf-8'))"
+    substituteInPlace src/balloon.py --replace-fail \
+        $'\'\'\'\n        Constructor' \
+        $'r\'\'\'\n        Constructor'
     python3 setup.py --prefix=$out --freedom=partial install \
         --with-shared-cache=$out/share/ponysay \
         --with-bash