diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/5.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/5.nix
index c79c8a7f8c34..29513cee0ea7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/5.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "django";
-  version = "5.1.7";
+  version = "5.1.8";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.10";
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "django";
     repo = "django";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-BxhHqWpTZLcx46RofnXzZ5nj4xDPcj7hNng9ppUN5Hw=";
+    hash = "sha256-TZjqB9khEHnkkxYvAC/RzAvOIwdemh0uT4UVdosMq6M=";
   };
 
   patches =
@@ -72,12 +72,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
         url = "https://github.com/django/django/commit/12f4f95405c7857cbf2f4bf4d0261154aac31676.patch";
         hash = "sha256-+K20/V8sh036Ox9U7CSPgfxue7f28Sdhr3MsB7erVOk=";
       })
-
-      # fix regression which breaks django-import-export
-      # https://github.com/django-import-export/django-import-export/pull/2045
-      # https://github.com/django/django/pull/19233
-      # manual backport because commit doesn't apply on stable cleanly
-      ./Restored-single_object-rgument-to-LogEntry-objects-log_actions.diff
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals withGdal [
       (replaceVars ./django_5_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/Restored-single_object-rgument-to-LogEntry-objects-log_actions.diff b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/Restored-single_object-rgument-to-LogEntry-objects-log_actions.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 6831797f1fda..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/Restored-single_object-rgument-to-LogEntry-objects-log_actions.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/models.py b/django/contrib/admin/models.py
-index 345b8cf341..2ed78d775b 100644
---- a/django/contrib/admin/models.py
-+++ b/django/contrib/admin/models.py
-@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ def log_action(
-             change_message=change_message,
-         )
- 
--    def log_actions(self, user_id, queryset, action_flag, change_message=""):
-+    def log_actions(
-+        self, user_id, queryset, action_flag, change_message="", *, single_object=False
-+    ):
-         # RemovedInDjango60Warning.
-         if type(self).log_action != LogEntryManager.log_action:
-             warnings.warn(