diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-xls/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-xls/default.nix
index eede60aa59a9..414ed55d827c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-xls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-xls/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch2,
   pyexcel-io,
   xlrd,
   xlwt,
@@ -24,16 +23,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-+iwdMSGUsUbWFO4s4+3Zf+47J9bzFffWthZoeThT8f0=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/pyexcel/pyexcel-xls/pull/54
-    (fetchpatch2 {
-      name = "nose-to-pytest.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/pyexcel/pyexcel-xls/compare/d8953c8ff7dc9a4a3465f2cfc182acafa49f6ea2...9f0d48035114f73077dd0f109395af32b4d9d48b.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-2kVdN+kEYaJjXGzv9eudfKjRweMG0grTd5wnZXIDzUU=";
-      excludes = [ ".github/*" ];
-    })
-  ];
-
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   dependencies = [