diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix
index 13ed586c378..9854e428a57 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , freezegun
 , gettext
-, importlib-metadata
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonOlder
 , hatch-vcs
@@ -12,16 +11,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "humanize";
-  version = "4.6.0";
+  version = "4.7.0";
   format = "pyproject";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "python-humanize";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-sI773uzh+yMiyu1ebsk6zutfyt+tfx/zT/X2AdH5Fyg=";
+    hash = "sha256-ofRdrFVxIxAtv8WopJDX8Te8yaaJTnDbRM56V7pm/NM=";
   };
 
   SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
@@ -32,10 +31,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     gettext
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
-    importlib-metadata
-  ];
-
   postBuild = ''
     scripts/generate-translation-binaries.sh
   '';