diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gphoto2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gphoto2/default.nix
index 5cf5e39b45bb..67da4bd44503 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gphoto2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gphoto2/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
   fetchPypi,
-  fetchpatch,
   buildPythonPackage,
   pkg-config,
   libgphoto2,
@@ -19,13 +18,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-Jgh7ff+iUaeNQtBsXw2Jm+2gj1ctvrY3oahGrbxx3uE=";
   };
 
-  # only convert first 2 values from setuptools_version to ints to avoid
-  # parse errors if last value is a string.
-  patches = fetchpatch {
-    url = "https://github.com/jim-easterbrook/python-gphoto2/commit/d388971b63fea831eb986d2212d4828c6c553235.patch";
-    hash = "sha256-EXtXlhBx2jCKtMl7HmN87liqiHVAFSeXr11y830AlpY=";
-  };
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     setuptools