diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/confuse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/confuse/default.nix
index b5e225fa2a2b..2b350be00460 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/confuse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/confuse/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,45 @@
 { buildPythonPackage
 , enum34
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, flit-core
 , isPy27
 , lib
 , pathlib
 , pyyaml
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "confuse";
   version = "1.5.0";
+  format = "flit";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-kvvKHHBhESDqciNy4MBxwNNCp195a0veS/A0jqSfAi4=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "beetbox";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1kvilxhjifvz6ra64jadf9jiwphrah5rcb9ryq0v7w1dywgn4qp7";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyyaml ] ++ lib.optionals isPy27 [ enum34 pathlib ] ;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flit-core
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyyaml
+  ] ++ lib.optionals isPy27 [
+    enum34
+    pathlib
+  ] ;
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "confuse" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Confuse is a configuration library for Python that uses YAML.";
+    description = "Python configuration library for Python that uses YAML";
     homepage = "https://github.com/beetbox/confuse";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovesegfault ];