diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/default.nix
index 4ef851f5b3ed..5a320cc97ee1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/default.nix
@@ -12,18 +12,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ python pkgconfig glib ];
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    # All python code is installed into a "gtk-2.0" sub-directory. That
-    # sub-directory may be useful on systems which share several library
-    # versions in the same prefix, i.e. /usr/local, but on Nix that directory
-    # is useless. Furthermore, its existence makes it very hard to guess a
-    # proper $PYTHONPATH that allows "import gtk" to succeed.
-    cd $(toPythonPath $out)/gtk-2.0
-    for n in *; do
-      ln -s "gtk-2.0/$n" "../$n"
-    done
-  '';
-
   meta = {
     homepage = http://live.gnome.org/PyGObject;
     description = "Python bindings for Glib";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7b5cc11a7c30..2303d730720a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5309,7 +5309,7 @@ let
 
   pygame = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygame { };
 
-  pygobject = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygobject { };
+  pygobject = pythonPackages.pygobject;
 
   pygtk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygtk { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 72a44f48f332..65711acf6f8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     inherit python buildPythonPackage;
   };
 
+  pygobject = import ../development/python-modules/pygobject {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig glib;
+    inherit python;
+  };
+
 
   # packages defined here