diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
index 5f16cb7b9efa..f0867e48ff68 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, pyqt5, sip_4_16, poppler_utils, pkgconfig, libpng
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, pyqt5, sip, poppler_utils, pkgconfig, libpng
 , imagemagick, libjpeg, fontconfig, podofo, qtbase, qmakeHook, icu, sqlite
 , makeWrapper, unrarSupport ? false, chmlib, pythonPackages, xz, libusb1, libmtp
 , xdg_utils, makeDesktopItem
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkgconfig qmakeHook ];
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ python pyqt5 sip_4_16 poppler_utils libpng imagemagick libjpeg
+    [ python pyqt5 sip poppler_utils libpng imagemagick libjpeg
       fontconfig podofo qtbase chmlib icu sqlite libusb1 libmtp xdg_utils
       pythonPackages.mechanize pythonPackages.lxml pythonPackages.dateutil
       pythonPackages.cssutils pythonPackages.beautifulsoup pythonPackages.pillow
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     export FC_LIB_DIR=${fontconfig.lib}/lib
     export PODOFO_INC_DIR=${podofo}/include/podofo
     export PODOFO_LIB_DIR=${podofo}/lib
-    export SIP_BIN=${sip_4_16}/bin/sip
+    export SIP_BIN=${sip}/bin/sip
     python setup.py install --prefix=$out
 
     PYFILES="$out/bin/* $out/lib/calibre/calibre/web/feeds/*.py
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/openshot-qt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/openshot-qt/default.nix
index 5f142d715f58..1fc0182a68ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/openshot-qt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/openshot-qt/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     echo "exec ${python3Packages.python.interpreter} $(toPythonPath $out)/launch.py" >>$out/bin/openshot-qt
     chmod +x $out/bin/openshot-qt
     wrapProgram $out/bin/openshot-qt \
-      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$(toPythonPath $out):$(toPythonPath ${libopenshot}):$(toPythonPath ${python3Packages.pyqt5}):$(toPythonPath ${python3Packages.sip_4_16}):$(toPythonPath ${python3Packages.httplib2}):$PYTHONPATH"
+      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$(toPythonPath $out):$(toPythonPath ${libopenshot}):$(toPythonPath ${python3Packages.pyqt5}):$(toPythonPath ${python3Packages.sip}):$(toPythonPath ${python3Packages.httplib2}):$PYTHONPATH"
   '';
 
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/qarte/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/qarte/default.nix
index b7da48ef000c..f01f4ffd7f5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/qarte/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/qarte/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchbzr, pythonPackages, rtmpdump, makeWrapper }:
 
 let
-  inherit (pythonPackages) python pyqt4;
-  sip = pythonPackages.sip_4_16;
+  inherit (pythonPackages) python pyqt4 sip;
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "qarte-2.4.0";
   src = fetchbzr {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sip/4.16.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sip/4.16.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2861816885f3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sip/4.16.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, isPyPy }:
-
-if isPyPy then throw "sip not supported for interpreter ${python.executable}" else stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "sip-4.16.6";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/pyqt/sip/${name}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0lj5f581dkwswlwpg7lbicqf940dvrp8vjbkhmyywd99ynxb4zcc";
-  };
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    ${python.executable} ./configure.py \
-      -d $out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages \
-      -b $out/bin -e $out/include
-  '';
-
-  buildInputs = [ python ];
-
-  passthru.pythonPath = [];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Creates C++ bindings for Python modules";
-    homepage    = "http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/";
-    license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 sander urkud ];
-    platforms   = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sip/default.nix
index 6c455b3bb1bd..cbee1867cf63 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sip/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python, isPyPy }:
 
 if isPyPy then throw "sip not supported for interpreter ${python.executable}" else stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "sip-4.14.7"; # kde410.pykde4 doesn't build with 4.15
+  name = "sip-4.18.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/pyqt/sip/${name}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1dv1sdwfmnq481v80k2951amzs9s87d4qhk0hpwrhb1sllh92rh5";
+    sha256 = "1452zy3g0qv4fpd9c0y4gq437kn0xf7bbfniibv5n43zpwnpmklv";
   };
 
-  configurePhase = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    # prevent sip from complaining about python not being built as a framework
-    sed -i -e 1564,1565d siputils.py
-  '' + ''
+  configurePhase = ''
     ${python.executable} ./configure.py \
       -d $out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages \
       -b $out/bin -e $out/include
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a1040f58df7f..a523f4fadc53 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12447,7 +12447,7 @@ in
   calcurse = callPackage ../applications/misc/calcurse { };
 
   calibre = qt55.callPackage ../applications/misc/calibre {
-    inherit (pythonPackages) pyqt5 sip_4_16;
+    inherit (pythonPackages) pyqt5 sip;
   };
 
   camlistore = callPackage ../applications/misc/camlistore { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b770cd2eef6e..e0a2d81374c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -307,8 +307,6 @@ in modules // {
 
   sip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sip { };
 
-  sip_4_16 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sip/4.16.nix { };
-
   tables = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tables {
     hdf5 = pkgs.hdf5.override { zlib = pkgs.zlib; };
   };