diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/eve/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eve/default.nix
index deed6536fe74..b8daa5304c77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/eve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eve/default.nix
@@ -4,17 +4,12 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "Eve";
   version = "0.8";
-  name  = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "9f926c715f88c7a92dc2b950ccc09cccd91f72fe0e93cde806b85d25b947df2f";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./setup.patch
-  ];
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     cerberus
     events
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/eve/setup.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eve/setup.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e5ca27757e1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/eve/setup.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff --git i/setup.py w/setup.py
-index 0176467..2b74988 100755
---- i/setup.py
-+++ w/setup.py
-@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ install_requires = [
-     'cerberus>=0.9.2,<0.10',
-     'events>=0.2.1,<0.3',
-     'simplejson>=3.3.0,<4.0',
--    'werkzeug>=0.9.4,<=0.11.15',
--    'markupsafe>=0.23,<1.0',
--    'jinja2>=2.8,<3.0',
--    'itsdangerous>=0.24,<1.0',
--    'flask>=0.10.1,<=0.12',
-+    'werkzeug>=0.9.4',
-+    'markupsafe>=0.23',
-+    'jinja2>=2.8',
-+    'itsdangerous>=0.24',
-+    'flask>=0.10.1',
-     'pymongo>=3.4',
-     'flask-pymongo>=0.4',
- ]