diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
index 92e5459df49d..f63a37d388f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ let
 
 in py.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "awscli";
-  version = "1.16.1";
+  version = "1.16.4";
 
   src = py.pkgs.fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "5068efde694e24462646d271335fdef3dde8a0fbbfb986fab0ce7e5368a7df8d";
+    sha256 = "036cad15f7a551f3d1281b305deb04c6cf05aa3c23fa6d2bba7a0dc4eb5256de";
   };
 
   # No tests included
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ in py.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     less
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    for i in {py,cfg}; do
-      substituteInPlace setup.$i --replace "botocore==1.10.10" "botocore>=1.10.9,<=1.11"
-    done
-  '';
+#   postPatch = ''
+#     for i in {py,cfg}; do
+#       substituteInPlace setup.$i --replace "botocore==1.10.10" "botocore>=1.10.9,<=1.11"
+#     done
+#   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/etc/bash_completion.d