1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx/default.nix
index 9c7d699d20f0..b4cbd3bff9a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx/default.nix
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sphinx";
-  version = "2.3.1";
+  version = "3.0.3";
   src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "Sphinx";
     inherit version;
-    sha256 = "19a28nsb0w4bs6k8rdfyk6vzrcwdpvhs2wq77rgpmww59yvndrz6";
+    sha256 = "0wpmqfx4mxv5kv9xxd6wyfsm8vcnp8p99h14q7b6if2mv69gvvb2";
   };
   LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
 
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # Lots of tests. Needs network as well at some point.
   doCheck = false;
 
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/22501
-  # Do not run `python sphinx-build arguments` but `sphinx-build arguments`.
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace sphinx/make_mode.py --replace "sys.executable, " ""
-  '';
-
   meta = {
     description = "A tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation for Python projects";
     homepage = "http://sphinx.pocoo.org/";