diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-stubs-ext/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-stubs-ext/default.nix
index 296e394953fc..c5ea30c14560 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-stubs-ext/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-stubs-ext/default.nix
@@ -9,19 +9,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "django-stubs-ext";
-  version = "4.2.0";
+  version = "4.2.1";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-d4nwyuynFS/vB61rlN7HMQoF0Ljat395eeGdsAN7USc=";
+    hash = "sha256-JpbW99hTg0GwYM/6lWXHLqeX6GZofgQLhtKcrYeZ5f4=";
   };
 
-  # setup.cfg tries to pull in nonexistent LICENSE.txt file
-  postPatch = "rm setup.cfg";
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     django
     typing-extensions