diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix
index 65eb2d44ffc..d32905e7e61 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace python/setup.py \
-      --replace "graphviz<0.9.0," "graphviz" \
-      --replace "numpy<=1.15.2," "numpy" \
-      --replace "requests<2.19.0," "requests"
+      --replace "graphviz<0.9.0," "graphviz"
   '';
 
   preConfigure = ''