diff --git a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 8a685b25e..7f511d78a 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ parts:
     override-pull: |
         snapcraftctl pull
         snapcraftctl set-version `grep ^version $SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC/setup.py | cut -f2 -d= | tr -d "'[:space:]"`
+    build-environment:
+      - EXCLUDE_CERTBOT_DEPS: "True"
 
 slots:
   certbot: