diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/deprecated/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/deprecated/default.nix
index 4c2d6b1b2b95..b330d700489a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/deprecated/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/deprecated/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "deprecated";
-  version = "1.2.15";
+  version = "1.2.18";
   pyproject = true;
 
   outputs = [
@@ -23,14 +23,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "tantale";
     repo = "deprecated";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-slMPL2L0TZ7L19nfHMOM4jQlkJ7HIyyDPlfC9yhhd98=";
+    hash = "sha256-gx5D1KAPELKfb2U93lvuztv3Ea3V+PshcfshIS6uwCo=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/laurent-laporte-pro/deprecated/pull/79
-    ./sphinx8-compat.patch
-  ];
-
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ sphinxHook ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/deprecated/sphinx8-compat.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/deprecated/sphinx8-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e8a7801efdf..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/deprecated/sphinx8-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
-index bed3b95..bd81db5 100644
---- a/docs/source/conf.py
-+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
-@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ texinfo_documents = [
- 
- # Example configuration for intersphinx: refer to the Python standard library.
- intersphinx_mapping = {
--    'https://docs.python.org/3/': None,
--    'https://wrapt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/': None,
--    'http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/1.0/': None,
-+    'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3/', None),
-+    'wrapt': ('https://wrapt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/', None),
-+    'flask': ('http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/1.0/', None),
-     'django': ('https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/', 'https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/_objects/'),
- }
-