diff --git a/math/py-numpy/files/patch-numpy_distutils_misc__util.py b/math/py-numpy/files/patch-numpy_distutils_misc__util.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..36f46dc3ae15e
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+++ b/math/py-numpy/files/patch-numpy_distutils_misc__util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- numpy/distutils/misc_util.py.orig	2022-01-02 20:27:35 UTC
++++ numpy/distutils/misc_util.py
+@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ def get_num_build_jobs():
+ 
+     """
+     from numpy.distutils.core import get_distribution
+-    try:
+-        cpu_count = len(os.sched_getaffinity(0))
+-    except AttributeError:
+-        cpu_count = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
++#    try:
++#        cpu_count = len(os.sched_getaffinity(0))
++#    except AttributeError:
++    cpu_count = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+     cpu_count = min(cpu_count, 8)
+     envjobs = int(os.environ.get("NPY_NUM_BUILD_JOBS", cpu_count))