diff --git a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix
index 4481ad4a14a6..f732e29acc95 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix
@@ -1,37 +1,39 @@
-a @ { xmpppy, pythonIRClib, python, makeWrapper, ... } :
-let
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, xmpppy, pythonIRClib, python, pythonPackages } :
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pyIRCt-${version}";
+  version = "0.4";
 
-  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "0.4" a;
-  buildInputs = with a; [
-    xmpppy pythonIRClib python makeWrapper
-  ];
-in
-rec {
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/xmpppy/irc-transport-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0gbc0dvj1p3088b6x315yjrlwnc5vvzp0var36wlf9z60ghvk8yb";
   };
 
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
+  buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
+
+  pythonPath = [
+    xmpppy pythonIRClib
+  ];
 
   /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["deploy" (a.makeManyWrappers "$out/share/${name}/irc.py" a.pythonWrapperArguments)];
-  deploy = a.fullDepEntry (''
+  # phaseNames = ["deploy" (a.makeManyWrappers "$out/share/${name}/irc.py" a.pythonWrapperArguments)];
+
+  installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/${name}
-    sed -e 's@/usr/bin/@${a.python}/bin/@' -i irc.py
+    sed -e 's@/usr/bin/@${python}/bin/@' -i irc.py
     sed -e '/configFiles/aconfigFiles += [os.getenv("HOME")+"/.pyIRCt.xml"]' -i config.py
     sed -e '/configFiles/aconfigFiles += [os.getenv("HOME")+"/.python-irc-transport.xml"]' -i config.py
     sed -e '/configFiles/iimport os' -i config.py
-    cp * $out/share/$name
-    echo "#! /bin/sh" > $out/bin/pyIRCt
-    echo "cd $out/share/${name}" >> $out/bin/pyIRCt
-    echo "./irc.py \"$@\"" >> $out/bin/pyIRCt
+    cp * $out/share/${name}
+    cat > $out/bin/pyIRCt <<EOF
+      #! /bin/sh
+      cd $out/share/${name}
+      ./irc.py \"$@\"
+    EOF
     chmod a+rx  $out/bin/pyIRCt $out/share/${name}/irc.py
-  '') ["minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack" "defEnsureDir"];
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
 
-  name = "pyIRCt-" + version;
   meta = {
     description = "IRC transport module for XMPP";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 85e483deca9b..ca43d9502aa2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9571,7 +9571,7 @@ let
 
   pumpio = callPackage ../servers/web-apps/pump.io { };
 
-  pyIRCt = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../servers/xmpp/pyIRCt) {};
+  pyIRCt = callPackage ../servers/xmpp/pyIRCt {};
 
   pyMAILt = builderDefsPackage (callPackage ../servers/xmpp/pyMAILt) {};