diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython/default.nix
index 24a938b195b2..2c0e4aaf4db6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , pythonOlder
-, fetchpatch
 # Build dependencies
 , glibcLocales
 # Test dependencies
@@ -35,12 +34,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'gnureadline'" " "
   '';
 
-  # Upgrade to prompt_toolkit 2.0
-  patches = fetchpatch {
-    url = https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/8e256bd37373f98580ba1ef1d3fcfd7976802238.patch;
-    sha256 = "1d9qy2z21n4frf15g4aj7xi011d1d3qc31gs27f2v23j0gv69r9h";
-  };
-
   buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
 
   checkInputs = [ nose pygments ];