diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/emoji/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/emoji/default.nix
index ce2beb235116..67c9c7a1abd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/emoji/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/emoji/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, nose }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "emoji";
-  version = "1.2.0";
+  version = "1.4.0";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "18siknldyqvxvjf0nv18m0a1c26ahkg7vmhkij1qayanb0h46vs9";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "carpedm20";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v.${version}";
+    sha256 = "0xksxdld20sh3c2s6pry1fm2br9xq8ypdq5pf971fpg5pk2f4iy9";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
-  checkPhase = "nosetests";
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_emojize_name_only"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "emoji" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Emoji for Python";
-    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/emoji/";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/carpedm20/emoji/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ joachifm ];
   };