diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/default.nix
index 1c80dd6fe55..981feb38808 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/default.nix
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "osmpythontools";
-  version = "0.2.6";
+  version = "0.2.8";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "OSMPythonTools";
     inherit version;
-    sha256 = "efc72e3963971c6c7fd94bd374704a5b78eb6c07397a4ffb5f9176c1e4aee096";
+    sha256 = "8a33adbd266127e342d12da755075fae08f398032a6f0909b5e86bef13960a85";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     xarray
   ];
 
-  patches = [ ./remove-unused-dependency.patch ];
-
   # no tests included
   doCheck = false;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/remove-unused-dependency.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/remove-unused-dependency.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bac80e9bd8c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/remove-unused-dependency.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/OSMPythonTools.egg-info/requires.txt b/OSMPythonTools.egg-info/requires.txt
-index 16a5019..e58155c 100644
---- a/OSMPythonTools.egg-info/requires.txt
-+++ b/OSMPythonTools.egg-info/requires.txt
-@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
- beautifulsoup4
--datetime
- geojson
- lxml
- matplotlib
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 08e9455..1a6435e 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ setup(
-     packages = ['OSMPythonTools', 'OSMPythonTools.internal'],
-     install_requires = [
-         'beautifulsoup4',
--        'datetime',
-         'geojson',
-         'lxml',
-         'matplotlib',