diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/buku/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/buku/default.nix
index 6ae97e680e387..5b5254ba4ce44 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/buku/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/buku/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,7 @@
 { lib, python3, fetchFromGitHub, withServer ? false }:
 
 let
-  python3' = python3.override {
-    packageOverrides = self: super: {
-      sqlalchemy = super.sqlalchemy.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-        version = "1.3.24";
-        src = oldAttrs.src.override {
-          inherit version;
-          hash = "sha256-67t3fL+TEjWbiXv4G6ANrg9ctp+6KhgmXcwYpvXvdRk=";
-        };
-        doCheck = false;
-      });
-      sqlalchemy-utils = super.sqlalchemy-utils.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-        version = "0.36.6";
-        src = oldAttrs.src.override {
-          inherit version;
-          sha256 = "0srs5w486wp5zydjs70igi5ypgxhm6h73grb85jz03fqpqaanzvs";
-        };
-      });
-    };
-  };
-  serverRequire = with python3'.pkgs; [
+  serverRequire = with python3.pkgs; [
     requests
     flask
     flask-admin
@@ -36,7 +17,7 @@ let
     toml
   ];
 in
-with python3'.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
+with python3.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
   version = "4.7";
   pname = "buku";