diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer_six/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer_six/default.nix
index ace2b618ef22..979b116b7137 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer_six/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer_six/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, isPy3k, pycryptodome, chardet, nose, sortedcontainers, fetchpatch }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, isPy3k, pycryptodome, chardet, nose, sortedcontainers }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pdfminer_six";
-  version = "20200402";
+  version = "20200517";
 
   disabled = !isPy3k;
 
@@ -11,18 +11,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "pdfminer";
     repo = "pdfminer.six";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1wl64r3ifpwi7mm5pcxc0ji7w380nxcq3zrv66n95lglm4zqkf26";
+    sha256 = "00272pxkh6djm37yvlvgd06w7ycf35srwk6n3p58ppw5hgmpkhc2";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Add shebang line to scripts. See: https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/408
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/commit/0c2f44b6de064d9a3cea99bde5b8e9c6a525a69c.patch";
-      sha256 = "1vml66grnvg4g26mya24kiyxsz809d4mr7wz8qmawjbn4ss65y21";
-      excludes = [ "CHANGELOG.md" ];
-    })
-  ];
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ chardet pycryptodome sortedcontainers ];
 
   checkInputs = [ nose ];
@@ -37,4 +28,3 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ psyanticy marsam ];
   };
 }
-