diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyicu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyicu/default.nix
index e152002cdd1..75bbcde09cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyicu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyicu/default.nix
@@ -1,36 +1,26 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
-, pytest
+, pytestCheckHook
 , six
-, fetchpatch
 , icu
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "PyICU";
-  version = "2.3.1";
+  version = "2.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "ddb2b453853b4c25db382bc5e8c4cde09b3f4696ef1e1494f8294e174f459cf4";
+    sha256 = "0wb3v421i2fnnxdywam4ay8hqvnxlz0r2nrpx5lqy3rn6dlbz9d9";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/modules/pyicu/raw/debian/2.2-2/"
-            + "debian/patches/icu_test.patch";
-      sha256 = "1iavdkyqixm9i753svl17barla93b7jzgkw09dn3hnggamx7zwx9";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ icu ]; # for icu-config
   buildInputs = [ icu ];
-  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook six ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyICU/";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ovalhub/pyicu/";
     description = "Python extension wrapping the ICU C++ API";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;