diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flit/default.nix
index 825e4435535a..da47860de927 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flit/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  flit-core,
+
+  # dependencies
   docutils,
+  pip,
   requests,
+  tomli-w,
+
+  # tests
   pytestCheckHook,
   testpath,
   responses,
-  flit-core,
-  tomli-w,
 }:
 
 # Flit is actually an application to build universal wheels.
@@ -18,27 +25,23 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "flit";
-  version = "3.9.0";
+  version = "3.10.0";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "takluyver";
     repo = "flit";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-yl2+PcKr7xRW4oIBWl+gzh/nKhSNu5GH9fWKRGgaNHU=";
+    hash = "sha256-4JMoK1UxYcHoSvKDF7Yn4iqMXokyCPCswQknK0a070k=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/pypa/flit/commit/6ab62c91d0db451b5e9ab000f0dba5471550b442.patch
-    ./python314-compat.patch
-  ];
+  build-system = [ flit-core ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ flit-core ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     docutils
-    requests
     flit-core
+    pip
+    requests
     tomli-w
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flit/python314-compat.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flit/python314-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 439592e3a63b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flit/python314-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-From 6ab62c91d0db451b5e9ab000f0dba5471550b442 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Thomas A Caswell <tcaswell@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 10:25:13 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] MNT: fix compatibility with Python 3.14
-
-The ast.Str class was deprecated in 3.8 and will be removed in 3.14
----
- flit_core/flit_core/common.py | 11 +++++++++--
- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/flit_core/flit_core/common.py b/flit_core/flit_core/common.py
-index 6625224b..8bcda3fb 100644
---- a/flit_core/flit_core/common.py
-+++ b/flit_core/flit_core/common.py
-@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ def get_docstring_and_version_via_ast(target):
-         with target_path.open('rb') as f:
-             node = ast.parse(f.read())
-         for child in node.body:
-+            if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
-+                target_type = ast.Constant
-+            else:
-+                target_type = ast.Str
-             # Only use the version from the given module if it's a simple
-             # string assignment to __version__
-             is_version_str = (
-@@ -157,10 +161,13 @@ def get_docstring_and_version_via_ast(target):
-                         and target.id == "__version__"
-                         for target in child.targets
-                     )
--                    and isinstance(child.value, ast.Str)
-+                    and isinstance(child.value, target_type)
-             )
-             if is_version_str:
--                version = child.value.s
-+                if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
-+                    version = child.value.value
-+                else:
-+                    version = child.value.s
-                 break
-     return ast.get_docstring(node), version
-