diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 5273c7c..fb3011a 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: {
     , preferWheels ? false
       # Example: { my-app = ./src; }
     , editablePackageSources ? { }
-    , __isBootstrap ? false  # Hack: Always add Poetry as a build input unless bootstrapping
     , pyProject ? readTOML pyproject
     }@attrs:
     let
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: {
                   value = self.mkPoetryDep (
                     pkgMeta // {
                       inherit pwd preferWheels;
-                      inherit __isBootstrap;
                       source = pkgMeta.source or null;
                       files = lockFiles.${name};
                       pythonPackages = self;
@@ -210,9 +208,9 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: {
                     inherit pkgs lib python poetryLib evalPep508;
                   };
 
-                  # Use poetry-core from the poetry build (pep517/518 build-system)
-                  poetry-core = if __isBootstrap then null else poetryPkg.passthru.python.pkgs.poetry-core;
-                  poetry = if __isBootstrap then null else poetryPkg;
+                  # # Use poetry-core from the poetry build (pep517/518 build-system)
+                  poetry-core = poetryPkg.passthru.python.pkgs.poetry-core;
+                  poetry = poetryPkg;
 
                   __toPluginAble = toPluginAble self;
 
@@ -329,12 +327,11 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: {
     , python ? pkgs.python3
     , pwd ? projectDir
     , preferWheels ? false
-    , __isBootstrap ? false  # Hack: Always add Poetry as a build input unless bootstrapping
     , ...
     }@attrs:
     let
       poetryPython = self.mkPoetryPackages {
-        inherit pyproject poetrylock overrides python pwd preferWheels __isBootstrap;
+        inherit pyproject poetrylock overrides python pwd preferWheels;
       };
       py = poetryPython.python;
 
diff --git a/mk-poetry-dep.nix b/mk-poetry-dep.nix
index db92a90..e4ecc33 100644
--- a/mk-poetry-dep.nix
+++ b/mk-poetry-dep.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 , sourceSpec
 , supportedExtensions ? lib.importJSON ./extensions.json
 , preferWheels ? false
-, __isBootstrap ? false  # Hack: Always add Poetry as a build input unless bootstrapping
 , ...
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/poetry/default.nix b/pkgs/poetry/default.nix
index 8e52d73..868599b 100644
--- a/pkgs/poetry/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/poetry/default.nix
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ poetry2nix.mkPoetryApplication {
 
   inherit projectDir pyproject poetrylock;
 
-  # Don't include poetry in inputs
-  __isBootstrap = true;
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub (lib.importJSON ./src.json);
 
   # "Vendor" dependencies (for build-system support)