diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/svist4get/svist4get-1.3.1-foss-2022b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/svist4get/svist4get-1.3.1-foss-2022b.eb
index df059031ffe..72d977763e9 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/svist4get/svist4get-1.3.1-foss-2022b.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/svist4get/svist4get-1.3.1-foss-2022b.eb
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ exts_list = [
     ('Wand', '0.6.10', {
         'checksums': ['373f4a7f2866c868c31ce910e1f9b36a92d132640a20068ec17cea3284fedc57'],
     }),
-    ('statistics', '1.0.3.5', {
-        'checksums': ['2dc379b80b07bf2ddd5488cad06b2b9531da4dd31edb04dc9ec0dc226486c138'],
-    }),
     (name, version, {
+        # unpin statistics dependency - it is old package and interfering with python lib statistics
+        'preinstallopts': "sed -i 's/statistics//' setup.py && ",
         'checksums': ['22311fdc956cca531dac7ba924744e8f870a57bc6f27cbe4e8ba9854117e720c'],
     }),
 ]