diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/default.nix
index b4366ab791f9..39c06bff3bf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/default.nix
@@ -1,50 +1,28 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, python, buildPythonPackage, pkgconfig, cairo, xlibsWrapper, isPyPy, isPy35, isPy36, isPy3k }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, python, buildPythonPackage, pytest, pkgconfig, cairo, xlibsWrapper, isPyPy }:
 
-if (isPyPy) then throw "pycairo not supported for interpreter ${python.executable}" else let
-
-  patch_waf = fetchpatch {
-    url = http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/8.0/pycairo-1.10.0-waf_python_3_4-1.patch;
-    sha256 = "0xfl1i9dips2nykyg91f5h5r3xpk2hp1js1gq5z0hwjr0in55id4";
-  };
-  patch_waf-py3_5 = ./waf-py3_5.patch;
-
-in buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pycairo";
-  version = "1.10.0";
+  version = "1.15.4";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
-  format = "other";
 
-  src = if isPy3k
-    then fetchurl {
-      url = "http://cairographics.org/releases/pycairo-${version}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "1gjkf8x6hyx1skq3hhwcbvwifxvrf9qxis5vx8x5igmmgs70g94s";
-    }
-    else fetchurl {
-      url = "http://cairographics.org/releases/py2cairo-${version}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "0cblk919wh6w0pgb45zf48xwxykfif16qk264yga7h9fdkq3j16k";
-    };
+  disabled = isPyPy;
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/8.0/pycairo-1.10.0-waf_unpack-1.patch;
-      sha256 = "1bmrhq2nmhx4l5glvyi59r0hc7w5m56kz41frx7v3dcp8f91p7xd";
-    })
-  ];
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pygobject";
+    repo = "pycairo";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "02vzmfxx8nl6dbwzc911wcj7hqspgqz6v9xmq6579vwfla0vaglv";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # we are unable to pass --prefix to bdist_wheel
+    # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/32034#discussion_r153285955
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace '"prefix": self.install_base' "'prefix': '$out'"
+  '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ python cairo xlibsWrapper ];
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    (
-      cd $(${python.executable} waf unpack)
-      patch -p1 < ${patch_waf}
-      ${lib.optionalString (isPy35 || isPy36) "patch -p1 < ${patch_waf-py3_5}"}
-    )
-
-    ${python.executable} waf configure --prefix=$out
-  '';
-  buildPhase = "${python.executable} waf";
-  installPhase = "${python.executable} waf install";
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
 
   meta.platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/waf-py3_5.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/waf-py3_5.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dcfdbea2fbdc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/waf-py3_5.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/waflib/Build.py
-+++ b/waflib/Build.py
-@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ class BuildContext(Context.Context):
- 				f.close()
- 		self.init_dirs()
- 	def store(self):
-+		return
- 		data={}
- 		for x in SAVED_ATTRS:
- 			data[x]=getattr(self,x)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/3.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/3.nix
index db734c53007b..524fb4af61c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/3.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, python, pkgconfig, glib, gobjectIntrospection, pycairo, cairo, which, ncurses}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  major = "3.24";
+  major = "3.26";
   minor = "1";
   version = "${major}.${minor}";
   format = "other";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/pygobject/${major}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1zdzznrj2s1gsrv2z4r0n88fzba8zjc1n2r313xi77lhl1daja56";
+    sha256 = "1afi0jdjd9sanrzjwhv7z1k7qxlb91fqa6yqc2dbpjkhkjdpnmzm";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pycairo cairo ];
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = http://live.gnome.org/PyGObject;
+    homepage = https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/;
     description = "Python bindings for Glib";
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
   };