diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdx-truly-sane-lists/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdx-truly-sane-lists/default.nix
index 5d100c3d24f5..823d1e26efef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdx-truly-sane-lists/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdx-truly-sane-lists/default.nix
@@ -8,34 +8,23 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mdx_truly_sane_lists";
-  version = "1.2";
+  version = "1.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "radude";
     repo = "mdx_truly_sane_lists";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1h8403ch016cwdy5zklzp7c6xrdyyhl4z07h97qzbafrbq07jyss";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-hPnqF1UA4peW8hzeFiMlsBPfodC1qJXETGoq2yUm7d4=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # fix with markdown>=3.4
-    # Upstream PR: https://github.com/radude/mdx_truly_sane_lists/pull/12/
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/radude/mdx_truly_sane_lists/commit/197fa16bc8d3481b8ea29d54b9cc89716f5d43a2.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-cYCb+EI4RpebNN02bCy1SSH9Tz4BsnFgUCOeQNC03Oo=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ markdown ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mdx_truly_sane_lists" ];
 
-  # Hard ImportError from the package trying to view version of markdown,
-  # which was removed.
-  # Upstream issue: https://github.com/radude/mdx_truly_sane_lists/issues/11
-  doCheck = false;
   checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
     ${python.interpreter} mdx_truly_sane_lists/tests.py
+    runHook postCheck
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {