diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-fix-tests-with-pygments-2.1.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-fix-tests-with-pygments-2.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5aa4af873cd5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-fix-tests-with-pygments-2.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-From 5574aba60ed76f2bae947722122ac4d71ab8ed5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Takeshi KOMIYA <i.tkomiya@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:38:02 +0900
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix tests are broken with pygments-2.1
-
----
- tests/test_build_html.py |  2 +-
- tests/test_intl.py       | 10 ++++++----
- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/tests/test_build_html.py b/tests/test_build_html.py
-index e330761..17ea089 100644
---- a/tests/test_build_html.py
-+++ b/tests/test_build_html.py
-@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def checker(nodes):
-         (".//a[@href='_downloads/img1.png']", ''),
-         (".//pre", u'"quotes"'),
-         (".//pre", u"'included'"),
--        (".//pre/span[@class='s']", u'üöä'),
-+        (".//pre/span[@class='s2']", u'üöä'),
-         (".//div[@class='inc-pyobj1 highlight-text']//pre",
-             r'^class Foo:\n    pass\n\s*$'),
-         (".//div[@class='inc-pyobj2 highlight-text']//pre",
-diff --git a/tests/test_intl.py b/tests/test_intl.py
-index 4c665d4..b24ec65 100644
---- a/tests/test_intl.py
-+++ b/tests/test_intl.py
-@@ -694,14 +694,15 @@ def test_additional_targets_should_not_be_translated(app, status, warning):
-     yield assert_count(expected_expr, result, 1)
- 
-     # C code block with lang should not be translated but be *C* highlighted
--    expected_expr = """<span class="cp">#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;</span>"""
-+    expected_expr = ("""<span class="cp">#include</span> """
-+                     """<span class="cpf">&lt;stdio.h&gt;</span>""")
-     yield assert_count(expected_expr, result, 1)
- 
-     # doctest block should not be translated but be highlighted
-     expected_expr = (
-         """<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span>"""
-         """<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">sys</span>  """
--        """<span class="c"># sys importing</span>""")
-+        """<span class="c1"># sys importing</span>""")
-     yield assert_count(expected_expr, result, 1)
- 
-     ## raw.txt
-@@ -754,14 +755,15 @@ def test_additional_targets_should_be_translated(app, status, warning):
-     yield assert_count(expected_expr, result, 1)
- 
-     # C code block with lang should be translated and be *C* highlighted
--    expected_expr = """<span class="cp">#include &lt;STDIO.H&gt;</span>"""
-+    expected_expr = ("""<span class="cp">#include</span> """
-+                     """<span class="cpf">&lt;STDIO.H&gt;</span>""")
-     yield assert_count(expected_expr, result, 1)
- 
-     # doctest block should not be translated but be highlighted
-     expected_expr = (
-         """<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span>"""
-         """<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">sys</span>  """
--        """<span class="c"># SYS IMPORTING</span>""")
-+        """<span class="c1"># SYS IMPORTING</span>""")
-     yield assert_count(expected_expr, result, 1)
- 
-     ## raw.txt
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6765bd290045..561c8e05794b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ in modules // {
       url = "http://devel.ag-projects.com/repositories/${pname}";
       rev = "release-${version}";
       sha256 = "19dszv44py8qrq0jcjdycxpa7z2p8hi3ijq9gnqdsazbbjzf9svn";
-    };  
+    };
     buildInputs = with self; [ zope_interface ];
 
   };
@@ -5386,7 +5386,7 @@ in modules // {
       url = "http://devel.ag-projects.com/repositories/${pname}";
       rev = "release-${version}";
       sha256 = "1zxhpq8i4jwsk7wmfncqfm211hqikj3hp38cfv509924bi76wak8";
-    };  
+    };
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ greenlet ];
 
@@ -12244,8 +12244,8 @@ in modules // {
       url = "http://devel.ag-projects.com/repositories/${pname}";
       rev = "release-${version}";
       sha256 = "0jqvvssbwzq7bwqn3wrjfnpj8zb558mynn2visnlrcma6b57yhwd";
-    };  
-    
+    };
+
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ eventlib application gnutls ];
   };
 
@@ -20534,14 +20534,13 @@ in modules // {
 
 
   sphinx = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "Sphinx-1.3.4";
+    name = "Sphinx-1.3.6";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/S/Sphinx/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0mw06q7bzzjylgwh0wnnaxmwc95hx8w95as4vcgpan579brw7b4a";
+      sha256 = "12pzlfkjjlwgvsj56k0y809jpx5mgcs9548k1l4kdbr028ifjfqb";
     };
 
-    patches = [ ../development/python-modules/sphinx-fix-tests-with-pygments-2.1.patch ];
     LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
     checkPhase = ''
       PYTHON=${python.executable} make test
@@ -20784,7 +20783,7 @@ in modules // {
 
     src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
       repo = "sqlalchemy-imageattach";
-      owner = "crosspop";      
+      owner = "crosspop";
       rev = "${version}";
       sha256 = "1pqf7vk4lsvnhw169cqfyk0iz5f8n45470mdslklpi38z2fax9p0";
     };