diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymupdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymupdf/default.nix
index e749c467ab19..0b147c971b02 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymupdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymupdf/default.nix
@@ -13,21 +13,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pymupdf";
-  version = "1.18.16";
+  version = "1.18.17";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "PyMuPDF";
     inherit version;
-    sha256 = "b21e39098fbbe0fdf269fdb2d1dd25a3847bbf22785ee8903d3a5637c2d0b9d7";
+    sha256 = "fa39ee5e91eae77818e07b6bb7e0cb0b402ad88e39a74b08626ce1c2150c5414";
   };
 
-  patchFlags = [ "--binary" "--ignore-whitespace" ];
-  patches = [
-    # Add NIX environment support.
-    # Should be removed next pyMuPDF release.
-    ./nix-support.patch
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
         --replace '/usr/include/mupdf' ${mupdf.dev}/include/mupdf
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymupdf/nix-support.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymupdf/nix-support.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e0a14337a8d9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymupdf/nix-support.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ LIBRARIES = {
-     "opensuse": OPENSUSE,
-     "fedora": FEDORA,
-     "alpine": ALPINE,
-+    "nix": FEDORA,
- }
- 
- 
- def load_libraries():
-+    if os.getenv("NIX_STORE"):
-+        return LIBRARIES["nix"]
-+
-     try:
-         import distro
-