diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/shtab/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/shtab/default.nix
index 4aab5ed488bf..a86309e923d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/shtab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/shtab/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch2,
   pytest-timeout,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pytest-cov-stub,
@@ -13,24 +12,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "shtab";
-  version = "1.7.2";
+  version = "1.8.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "iterative";
     repo = "shtab";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ngTAST+6lBek0PHvULmlJZAHVU49YN5+XAu5KEk6cIM=";
+    hash = "sha256-VK3+JLb9Lh+YHixMa1Hjm5bYJ9vSmMPIkN6c3DeHDo8=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix bash error on optional nargs="?" (iterative/shtab#184)
-    (fetchpatch2 {
-      url = "https://github.com/iterative/shtab/commit/a04ddf92896f7e206c9b19d48dcc532765364c59.patch?full_index=1";
-      hash = "sha256-H4v81xQLI9Y9R5OyDPJevCLh4gIUaiJKHVEU/eWdNbA=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     setuptools
     setuptools-scm