diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmpppy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmpppy/default.nix
index 46e81c588452..b1500b01972f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmpppy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmpppy/default.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,21 @@
-a @ {python, setuptools, ... } :
-let
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchurl, setuptools }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "xmpp.py-${version}";
+  version = "0.5.0rc1";
 
-  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "0.5.0rc1" a;
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    python setuptools
-  ];
-in
-rec {
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/xmpppy/xmpppy-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "16hbh8kwc5n4qw2rz1mrs8q17rh1zq9cdl05b1nc404n7idh56si";
   };
 
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
+  buildInputs = [ setuptools ];
 
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["mkDirs" "installPythonPackage"];
-  mkDirs = a.fullDepEntry(''
+  preInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib $out/share $(toPythonPath $out)
     export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$(toPythonPath $out)
-  '') ["defEnsureDir" "addInputs"];
+  '';
 
-  name = "xmpp.py-" + version;
   meta = {
     description = "XMPP python library";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 14342fb762ea..565b91f93def 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3611,7 +3611,7 @@ let
 
   xmltv = callPackage ../tools/misc/xmltv { };
 
-  xmpppy = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../development/python-modules/xmpppy) {};
+  xmpppy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xmpppy { };
 
   xorriso = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/xorriso { };