diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/databases/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/databases/default.nix
index 98e047836d01..6f5373b56bc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/databases/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/databases/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , sqlalchemy
 , aiocontextvars
 , isPy27
@@ -14,28 +13,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "databases";
-  version = "0.4.3";
+  version = "0.5.0";
   disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "encode";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0aq88k7d9036cy6qvlfv9p2dxd6p6fic3j0az43gn6k1ardhdsgf";
+    sha256 = "sha256-HNSPLmZTXZL1e5E9VJiXnQuO2WiXLYOveNTlFqdlTG8=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # sqlalchemy 1.4 compat, https://github.com/encode/databases/pull/299
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/encode/databases/commit/9d6e0c024833bd41421f0798a94ef2bbf27a31d5.patch";
-      sha256 = "0wz9dz6g88ifvvwlhy249cjvqpx72x99wklzcl7b23srpcvb5gv1";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/encode/databases/commit/40c41c2b7b3fedae484ad94d81b27ce88a09c5ed.patch";
-      sha256 = "0z458l3vkg4faxbnf31lszfby5d10fa9kgxxy4xxcm0py6d8a2pi";
-    })
-  ];
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     aiocontextvars
     sqlalchemy