diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycups/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycups/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 766dcaa58f79..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycups/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, cups }:
-
-let version = "1.9.68"; in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "pycups-${version}";
-  
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/pycups/pycups-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1i1ph9k1wampa7r6mgc30a99w0zjmxhvcxjxrgjqa5vdknynqd24";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    CFLAGS=-DVERSION=\\\"${version}\\\" python ./setup.py install --prefix $out
-  '';
-  
-  buildInputs = [ python cups ];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 96f70e77559d..25c6be1e6c77 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9023,7 +9023,7 @@ let
 
   pycrypto = pythonPackages.pycrypto;
 
-  pycups = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycups { };
+  pycups = pythonPackages.pycups;
 
   pyexiv2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexiv2 { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5a188d488d7e..3b683477bc66 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14150,6 +14150,24 @@ in modules // {
     };
   });
 
+  pycups = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "pycups-${version}";
+    version = "1.9.73";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/pycups/pycups-${version}.tar.bz2";
+      sha256 = "c381be011889ca6f728598578c89c8ac9f7ab1e95b614474df9f2fa831ae5335";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.cups ];
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Python bindings for libcups";
+      homepage = http://cyberelk.net/tim/software/pycups/;
+      license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
+    };
+
+  };
 
   pycurl = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "pycurl-7.19.5";