diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pubs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pubs/default.nix
index 96d1a5fc6a06..158b56e2a5d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pubs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pubs/default.nix
@@ -2,34 +2,29 @@
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "pubs";
-  version = "0.8.2";
+  version = "0.8.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pubs";
     repo = "pubs";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "16zwdqfbmlla6906g3a57a4nj8wnl11fq78r20qms717bzv211j0";
+    sha256 = "0npgsyxj7kby5laznk5ilkrychs3i68y57gphwk48w8k9fvnl3zc";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix for bibtexparser 1.1.0
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/pubs/pubs/pull/185/commits/e58ae98b93b8364a07fd5f5f452ba88ad332c948.patch";
-      sha256 = "1n7zrk119v395jj8wqg8wlymc9l9pq3v752yy3kam9kflc0aashp";
-    })
-    # Fix test broken by PyYAML 5.1
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/pubs/pubs/pull/194/commits/c3cb713ae76528eeeaaeb948fe319a76ab3934d8.patch";
-      sha256 = "05as418m7wzs65839bb91b2jrs8l68z8ldcjcd9cn4b9fcgsf3rk";
-    })
-  ];
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
-    argcomplete dateutil configobj feedparser bibtexparser pyyaml requests six beautifulsoup4
+    argcomplete dateutil configobj feedparser bibtexparser pyyaml requests six 
+    beautifulsoup4
   ];
 
   checkInputs = with python3Packages; [ pyfakefs mock ddt ];
 
+  # Disabling git tests because they expect git to be preconfigured
+  # with the user's details. See 
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/94663
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm tests/test_git.py
+    '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Command-line bibliography manager";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pubs/pubs";