diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/block-io/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/block-io/default.nix
index 03a1181a014d..f90f3f9af75a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/block-io/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/block-io/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchPypi, fetchpatch, buildPythonPackage, base58, ecdsa, pycryptodome, requests, six }:
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, base58, ecdsa, pycryptodome, requests, six }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "block-io";
-  version = "1.1.9";
+  version = "1.1.10";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "4909d58b32ab7f93d3cd83fa4bbe4edef42ab7566f016bdb6a405a0d8b1907c9";
+    sha256 = "ba2e750085d9da4d1567932f3f719974fdc3f02649ee0d5c2f85fce592208723";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/BlockIo/block_io-python/commit/8ec0a0cd1afcfcb439d6dc306d8497dd9e4a0993.patch";
-      sha256 = "1i6c153wvkr5ncm3cpn34faxvavz534x5kndwn4adlaxlzq30snn";
-    })
-  ];
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     base58
     ecdsa
@@ -24,6 +17,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     six
   ];
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "ecdsa==0.13" "ecdsa>=0.13"
+  '';
+
   # Tests needs a BlockIO API key to run properly
   # https://github.com/BlockIo/block_io-python/blob/79006bc8974544b70a2d8e9f19c759941d32648e/test.py#L18
   doCheck = false;