diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cairosvg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cairosvg/default.nix
index beee82950496..77c5c21befee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cairosvg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cairosvg/default.nix
@@ -4,24 +4,15 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "CairoSVG";
-  version = "2.3.0";
+  version = "2.4.2";
 
   disabled = !isPy3k;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "66f333ef5dc79fdfbd3bbe98adc791b1f854e0461067d202fa7b15de66d517ec";
+    sha256 = "1bb7irxbaxxb9ahm3z5wsx1q96mm5gzskc7b6q07h9ikcnb8yrjf";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # fix isort-check
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/commit/b2534b0fc80b9f24a2bff2c938ac5da73ff1e478.patch;
-      excludes = [ "test_non_regression/__init__.py" ];
-      sha256 = "1bms75dd0fd978yhlr0k565zq45lzxf0vkihryb7gcwnd42bl6yf";
-    })
-  ];
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ cairocffi cssselect2 defusedxml pillow tinycss2 ];
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest pytestrunner pytestcov pytest-flake8 pytest-isort ];