diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datashader/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datashader/default.nix
index c49e2e30b80..534cc816def 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datashader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datashader/default.nix
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     nbconvert
   ];
 
-  postConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "'numba >=0.37.0,<0.49'" "'numba'"
-  '';
-
   # dask doesn't do well with large core counts
   checkPhase = ''
     pytest -n $NIX_BUILD_CORES datashader -k 'not dask.array'