diff --git a/ietf/settings.py b/ietf/settings.py
index 4e145e16d..e0c6820a8 100644
--- a/ietf/settings.py
+++ b/ietf/settings.py
@@ -433,7 +433,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django_celery_beat',
     'corsheaders',
     'django_markup',
-    'django_password_strength',
     'oidc_provider',
     'simple_history',
     'tastypie',
@@ -1124,7 +1123,6 @@ CHECKS_LIBRARY_PATCHES_TO_APPLY = [
     'patch/change-oidc-provider-field-sizes-228.patch',
     'patch/fix-oidc-access-token-post.patch',
     'patch/fix-jwkest-jwt-logging.patch',
-    'patch/fix-django-password-strength-kwargs.patch',
     'patch/django-cookie-delete-with-all-settings.patch',
     'patch/tastypie-django22-fielderror-response.patch',
 ]
diff --git a/patch/fix-django-password-strength-kwargs.patch b/patch/fix-django-password-strength-kwargs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f24ce932..000000000
--- a/patch/fix-django-password-strength-kwargs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
---- django_password_strength/widgets.py.orig	2020-06-24 16:07:28.479533134 +0200
-+++ django_password_strength/widgets.py	2020-06-24 16:08:09.540714290 +0200
-@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
-     Form widget to show the user how strong his/her password is.
-     """
- 
--    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
-+    def render(self, name, value, **kwargs):
-         strength_markup = """
-         <div style="margin-top: 10px;">
-             <div class="progress" style="margin-bottom: 10px;">
-@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
-         except KeyError:
-             self.attrs['class'] = 'password_strength'
- 
--        return mark_safe( super(PasswordInput, self).render(name, value, attrs) + strength_markup )
-+        return mark_safe( super(PasswordInput, self).render(name, value, **kwargs) + strength_markup )
- 
-     class Media:
-         js = (
-@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
-         super(PasswordConfirmationInput, self).__init__(attrs, render_value)
-         self.confirm_with=confirm_with
- 
--    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
-+    def render(self, name, value, **kwargs):
-         if self.confirm_with:
-             self.attrs['data-confirm-with'] = 'id_%s' % self.confirm_with
- 
-@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@
-         except KeyError:
-             self.attrs['class'] = 'password_confirmation'
- 
--        return mark_safe( super(PasswordInput, self).render(name, value, attrs) + confirmation_markup )
-+        return mark_safe( super(PasswordInput, self).render(name, value, **kwargs) + confirmation_markup )
-
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0b97607f6..48491aa2a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ django-cors-headers>=3.11.0
 django-debug-toolbar>=3.2.4
 django-markup>=1.5    # Limited use - need to reconcile against direct use of markdown
 django-oidc-provider>=0.8    # 0.8 dropped Django 2 support
-django-password-strength>=1.2.1
 django-referrer-policy>=1.0
 django-simple-history>=3.0.0
 django-stubs>=4.2.0    # The django-stubs version used determines the the mypy version indicated below