diff --git a/packages/scipy/meta.yaml b/packages/scipy/meta.yaml
index 2a3bf8fc4..4161ee7d0 100644
--- a/packages/scipy/meta.yaml
+++ b/packages/scipy/meta.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ source:
     - patches/skip-fortran-fails-to-link.patch
     - patches/dummy_threading.patch
     - patches/skip_ellip_harm_2_pyx_ctypes.patch
+    - patches/skip_optimize_cobyla_import.patch
 
 build:
   cflags: -I../../CLAPACK-WA/INCLUDE -Wno-implicit-function-declaration
diff --git a/packages/scipy/patches/skip_optimize_cobyla_import.patch b/packages/scipy/patches/skip_optimize_cobyla_import.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..371beb0c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/scipy/patches/skip_optimize_cobyla_import.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+commit ca74a1078c3955b06d1ab236bdd13256cb7c2551
+Author: Roman Yurchak <rth.yurchak@pm.me>
+Date:   Thu Oct 25 12:43:50 2018 +0200
+
+    Skip scipy.optimize._cobyla import
+
+diff --git a/scipy/optimize/_minimize.py b/scipy/optimize/_minimize.py
+index 259546035..8b0b6960b 100644
+--- a/scipy/optimize/_minimize.py
++++ b/scipy/optimize/_minimize.py
+@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ from ._trustregion_ncg import _minimize_trust_ncg
+ # constrained minimization
+ from .lbfgsb import _minimize_lbfgsb
+ from .tnc import _minimize_tnc
+-from .cobyla import _minimize_cobyla
++#from .cobyla import _minimize_cobyla
++_minimize_cobyla = None
+ from .slsqp import _minimize_slsqp
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/test/packages/test_scipy.py b/test/packages/test_scipy.py
index ad1e602e9..fa04c6f04 100644
--- a/test/packages/test_scipy.py
+++ b/test/packages/test_scipy.py
@@ -24,18 +24,14 @@ def test_scipy_import(selenium_standalone, request):
 
     # supported modules
     for module in ['cluster', 'constants', 'fftpack', 'odr', 'sparse',
-                   'interpolate',
+                   'interpolate', 'integrate',
                    'linalg',
                    'misc', 'ndimage', 'spatial', 'special'
                    ]:
         selenium.run(f"import scipy.{module}")
 
     # not yet built modules
-    for module in ['integrate',  # needs special
-                   'signal',  # needs special
-                   'stats',  # need special
-                   'optimize',  # needs _odepack
-                   ]:
+    for module in []:
         print(module)
         with pytest.raises(JavascriptException) as err:
             selenium.run(f"import scipy.{module}")