diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nipype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nipype/default.nix
index 1978ce816375..fe08e1f0789e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nipype/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nipype/default.nix
@@ -44,15 +44,13 @@ in
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "nipype";
-  version = "1.1.7";
+  version = "1.1.8";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0iyi5w2h42bpssqj52ixm2kxp56yxfxdacb6xv5r24yv3hmwd4yn";
+    sha256 = "d5eec6de7d8e7020106c42b37d17f99de92824440cc79dfa6080f7c2e6d9fecc";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./move-uneeded-requires.patch ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace nipype/interfaces/base/tests/test_core.py \
       --replace "/usr/bin/env bash" "${bash}/bin/bash"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nipype/move-uneeded-requires.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nipype/move-uneeded-requires.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 89324285d182..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nipype/move-uneeded-requires.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/nipype/info.py b/nipype/info.py
-index c6503ac..4379643 100644
---- a/nipype/info.py
-+++ b/nipype/info.py
-@@ -147,9 +147,6 @@ REQUIRES = [
-     'neurdflib',
-     'click>=%s' % CLICK_MIN_VERSION,
-     'funcsigs',
--    'pytest>=%s' % PYTEST_MIN_VERSION,
--    'pytest-xdist',
--    'mock',
-     'pydotplus',
-     'pydot>=%s' % PYDOT_MIN_VERSION,
-     'packaging',
-@@ -159,7 +156,15 @@ REQUIRES = [
- if sys.version_info <= (3, 4):
-     REQUIRES.append('configparser')
- 
--TESTS_REQUIRES = ['pytest-cov', 'codecov', 'pytest-env', 'coverage<5']
-+TESTS_REQUIRES = [
-+    'pytest>=%s' % PYTEST_MIN_VERSION,
-+    'pytest-xdist',
-+    'mock',
-+    'pytest-cov',
-+    'codecov',
-+    'pytest-env',
-+    'coverage<5'
-+]
- 
- EXTRA_REQUIRES = {
-     'doc': ['Sphinx>=1.4', 'numpydoc', 'matplotlib', 'pydotplus', 'pydot>=1.2.3'],