diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/whispers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/whispers/default.nix
index 357d8d271ff4..346083ef81a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/whispers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/whispers/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
-{ lib
-, astroid
-, beautifulsoup4
-, buildPythonPackage
-, crossplane
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
-, jellyfish
-, jproperties
-, luhn
-, lxml
-, pytest-mock
-, pytestCheckHook
-, pythonOlder
-, pyyaml
-, setuptools
+{
+  lib,
+  astroid,
+  beautifulsoup4,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  crossplane,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  jellyfish,
+  jproperties,
+  luhn,
+  lxml,
+  pytest-mock,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pythonOlder,
+  pyyaml,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "whispers";
-  version = "2.2.0";
+  version = "2.2.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -27,39 +27,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "adeptex";
     repo = "whispers";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-9vXku8BWJtlf+lmAcQ8a7qTisRNc+xVw0T0Eunc4lt4=";
+    hash = "sha256-YPfTe2txQY/sVEIGSMTA1b3Ye3j8qT+YdWp3AVqpdLI=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Support astroid > 3, https://github.com/adeptex/whispers/pull/117
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/adeptex/whispers/commit/ff25e81cb3d775e5fb186c2d135b77c27d9ed43a.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-jKm7fs04mGUD7MZYAA/3xt01e9knuLun3c3u8PlLebg=";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/adeptex/whispers/commit/ba6a56dddb12d1cb62f94dd7659ba24fdc4363ee.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-eHWnXHT0lzS7BqneMqfvV3w6GfrCiTJ5i+av82J+fpk=";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/adeptex/whispers/commit/8b7b1593eb86abfc09b3581d463fc7d0e06309dc.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-JcRdv5eIyXKWaVqbJZlYqiSieE4z0MKF4dvO/hRBBMs=";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/adeptex/whispers/commit/71dcb614e4d9e0247afc50cd4214659739f8844e.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-7XIFuc8Rf2ValN3BoAJOjSqjgmiOauxCFonMgGljFg0=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace '"pytest-runner"' ""
+      --replace-fail '"pytest-runner"' ""
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    setuptools
-  ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     astroid
     beautifulsoup4
     crossplane
@@ -80,16 +58,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     export PATH=$out/bin:$PATH
   '';
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "whispers"
-  ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "whispers" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool to identify hardcoded secrets in static structured text";
-    mainProgram = "whispers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/adeptex/whispers";
     changelog = "https://github.com/adeptex/whispers/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+    mainProgram = "whispers";
   };
 }