diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix
index a288bccf7d89a..bf1aa352522de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix
@@ -32,15 +32,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "microsoft";
     repo = "debugpy";
     tag = "v${version}";
+
+    # Upstream uses .gitattributes to inject information about the revision
+    # hash and the refname into `src/debugpy/_version.py`, see:
+    #
+    # - https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes#_export_subst and
+    # - https://github.com/microsoft/debugpy/blob/v1.8.17/src/debugpy/_version.py#L24-L30
+    postFetch = ''
+      sed -i 's/git_refnames = "[^"]*"/git_refnames = " (tag: ${src.tag})"/' "$out/src/debugpy/_version.py"
+    '';
+
     hash = "sha256-eAiCtSJUqLASapxnYCyq1UCiGz6QmKQum7Vs3MoU1s8=";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    # Use nixpkgs version instead of versioneer
-    (replaceVars ./hardcode-version.patch {
-      inherit version;
-    })
-
     # Fix importing debugpy in:
     # - test_nodebug[module-launch(externalTerminal)]
     # - test_nodebug[module-launch(integratedTerminal)]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/hardcode-version.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/hardcode-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 00e77bd75b945..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/hardcode-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index d16a27c5..a7e407e1 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import sys
- 
- 
- sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
--import versioneer  # noqa
- 
- del sys.path[0]
- 
-@@ -145,13 +144,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
-     if platforms is not None:
-         extras["platforms"] = platforms
- 
--    cmds = versioneer.get_cmdclass()
-+    cmds = {}
-     override_build(cmds)
-     override_build_py(cmds)
- 
-     setuptools.setup(
-         name="debugpy",
--        version=versioneer.get_version(),
-+        version="@version@",
-         description="An implementation of the Debug Adapter Protocol for Python",  # noqa
-         long_description=long_description,
-         long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-diff --git a/src/debugpy/public_api.py b/src/debugpy/public_api.py
-index c61a2607..f26f8272 100644
---- a/src/debugpy/public_api.py
-+++ b/src/debugpy/public_api.py
-@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
- import functools
- import typing
- 
--from debugpy import _version
--
- 
- # Expose debugpy.server API from subpackage, but do not actually import it unless
- # and until a member is invoked - we don't want the server package loaded in the
-@@ -192,4 +190,4 @@ def trace_this_thread(__should_trace: bool):
-     """
- 
- 
--__version__: str = _version.get_versions()["version"]
-+__version__: str = "@version@"