diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/update-python-libraries/update-python-libraries.py b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/update-python-libraries/update-python-libraries.py
index 3843497d94e5..ea8af4241cf6 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/update-python-libraries/update-python-libraries.py
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/update-python-libraries/update-python-libraries.py
@@ -342,11 +342,7 @@ def _update_package(path, target):
     text = _replace_value('version', new_version, text)
     # hashes from pypi are 16-bit encoded sha256's, normalize it to sri to avoid merge conflicts
     # sri hashes have been the default format since nix 2.4+
-    try:
-        sri_hash = subprocess.check_output(["nix", "hash", "to-sri", "--type", "sha256", new_sha256]).decode('utf-8').strip()
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        # nix<2.4 compat
-        sri_hash = subprocess.check_output(["nix", "to-sri", "--type", "sha256", new_sha256]).decode('utf-8').strip()
+    sri_hash = subprocess.check_output(["nix", "hash", "to-sri", "--type", "sha256", new_sha256]).decode('utf-8').strip()
 
 
     # fetchers can specify a sha256, or a sri hash