diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix
index 0e8b81ed19cd..0b91d0bb9728 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix
@@ -11,23 +11,15 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "Kivy";
-  version = "2.0.0";
+  version = "2.1.0";
 
-  # use github since pypi line endings are CRLF and patches do not apply
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kivy";
     repo = "kivy";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-/7GSVQUkYSBEnLVBizMnZAZZxvXVN4r4lskyOgLEcew=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-k9LIiLtlHY6H1xfVylI/Xbm7R6pCpC5UHe8GWnCwEGA=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/kivy/kivy/commit/1c0656c4472817677cf3b08be504de9ca6b1713f.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-phAjMaC3LQuvufwiD0qXzie5B+kezCf8FpKeQMhy/ms=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     cython