diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-dateparser/patches/fix-python3-regex-incompatibility.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-dateparser/patches/fix-python3-regex-incompatibility.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 536704ccfbf..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-dateparser/patches/fix-python3-regex-incompatibility.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Source: https://github.com/scrapinghub/dateparser/pull/1067
---- a/dateparser/languages/locale.py
-+++ b/dateparser/languages/locale.py
-@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class Locale:
-             if normalize:
-                 value = list(map(normalize_unicode, value))
-             pattern = '|'.join(sorted(value, key=len, reverse=True))
--            pattern = DIGIT_GROUP_PATTERN.sub(r'?P<n>\d+', pattern)
-+            pattern = pattern.replace(r'\d+', r'?P<n>\d+')
-             pattern = re.compile(r'^(?:{})$'.format(pattern), re.UNICODE | re.IGNORECASE)
-             relative_dictionary[pattern] = key
-         return relative_dictionary
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-dateparser/template b/srcpkgs/python3-dateparser/template
index e0b9d5664f7..3b65d96ae16 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-dateparser/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-dateparser/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-dateparser'
 pkgname=python3-dateparser
-version=1.1.1
-revision=2
+version=1.1.8
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 make_check_args="--ignore tests/test_hijri.py --ignore tests/test_jalali.py
  --ignore tests/test_language_detect.py --ignore tests/test_dateparser_data_integrity.py"
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/scrapinghub/dateparser"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scrapinghub/dateparser/master/HISTORY.rst"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/d/dateparser/dateparser-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=038196b1f12c7397e38aad3d61588833257f6f552baa63a1499e6987fa8d42d9
+checksum=86b8b7517efcc558f085a142cdb7620f0921543fcabdb538c8a4c4001d8178e3
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+	make_check=no # multiple tests fail without libc locales
+fi
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE