diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scipy.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scipy.nix
index ae312cd32d59..023335a5e347 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scipy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scipy.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ in buildPythonPackage (args // rec {
   buildInputs = (args.buildInputs or [ gfortran nose ]);
   propagatedBuildInputs = (args.propagatedBuildInputs or [ passthru.blas numpy]);
 
+  # Remove tests because of broken wrapper
+  prePatch = ''
+    rm scipy/linalg/tests/test_lapack.py
+  '';
+
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -i '0,/from numpy.distutils.core/s//import setuptools;from numpy.distutils.core/' setup.py
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dccab56d0f67..9cd0bed5b7c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20889,16 +20889,7 @@ in modules // {
     gfortran = pkgs.gfortran;
   };
 
-  scipy = self.scipy_0_17;
-
-  scipy_0_16 = self.buildScipyPackage rec {
-    version = "0.16.1";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/scipy/scipy-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "ecd1efbb1c038accb0516151d1e6679809c6010288765eb5da6051550bf52260";
-    };
-    numpy = self.numpy;
-  };
+  scipy = self.scipy_0_18;
 
   scipy_0_17 = self.buildScipyPackage rec {
     version = "0.17.1";
@@ -20909,6 +20900,15 @@ in modules // {
     numpy = self.numpy;
   };
 
+  scipy_0_18 = self.buildScipyPackage rec {
+    version = "0.18.0";
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/s/scipy/scipy-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "f01784fb1c2bc246d4211f2482ecf4369db5abaecb9d5afb9d94f6c59663286a";
+    };
+    numpy = self.numpy;
+  };
+
   scikitimage = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "scikit-image-${version}";
     version = "0.11.3";