diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44613dd4e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, iana-etc, libredirect,
+  pytest, case, kombu, billiard, pytz, anyjson, amqp, eventlet
+}: 
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "celery";
+  version = "4.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0dcb0s6kdcd3vc9pwvazngppkdbhwpmpjmghq6rifsld34q3gzvp";
+  };
+
+  # make /etc/protocols accessible to fix socket.getprotobyname('tcp') in sandbox
+  preCheck = ''
+    export NIX_REDIRECTS=/etc/protocols=${iana-etc}/etc/protocols \
+      LD_PRELOAD=${libredirect}/lib/libredirect.so
+  '';
+  postCheck = ''
+    unset NIX_REDIRECTS LD_PRELOAD
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest case ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ kombu billiard pytz anyjson amqp eventlet ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/celery/celery/;
+    description = "Distributed task queue";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/fix_endless_python3.6_loop_logger_isa.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/fix_endless_python3.6_loop_logger_isa.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 27caa80dd4c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/fix_endless_python3.6_loop_logger_isa.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Description: Fix endless loop in logger_isa (Python 3.6)
-Author: George Psarakis <giwrgos.psarakis@gmail.com>
-Origin: upstream, https://github.com/celery/celery/commit/9c950b47eca2b4e93fd2fe52cf80f158e6cf97ad
-Forwarded: not-needed
-Reviewed-By: Nishanth Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan@canonical.com>
-Last-Update: 2017-06-12
-
---- celery-4.0.2.orig/celery/utils/log.py
-+++ celery-4.0.2/celery/utils/log.py
-@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def logger_isa(l, p, max=1000):
-         else:
-             if this in seen:
-                 raise RuntimeError(
--                    'Logger {0!r} parents recursive'.format(l),
-+                    'Logger {0!r} parents recursive'.format(l.name),
-                 )
-             seen.add(this)
-             this = this.parent
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 50b964af6ef..cad5b6146cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2231,39 +2231,7 @@ in {
     '';
   };
 
-  celery = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "celery-${version}";
-    version = "4.0.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/c/celery/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0kgmbs3fl9879n48p4m79nxy9by2yhvxq1jdvlnqzzvkdb2sdmg3";
-    };
-
-    # Fixes testsuite for python-3.6
-    # From ubuntu packaging: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/celery_4.0.2-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.xz
-    # (linked from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/celery)
-    # https://github.com/celery/celery/pull/3736#issuecomment-274155454 from upstream
-    patches = [ ../development/python-modules/celery/fix_endless_python3.6_loop_logger_isa.patch ];
-
-    # make /etc/protocols accessible to fix socket.getprotobyname('tcp') in sandbox
-    preCheck = ''
-      export NIX_REDIRECTS=/etc/protocols=${pkgs.iana-etc}/etc/protocols \
-        LD_PRELOAD=${pkgs.libredirect}/lib/libredirect.so
-    '';
-    postCheck = ''
-      unset NIX_REDIRECTS LD_PRELOAD
-    '';
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest case ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ kombu billiard pytz anyjson amqp eventlet ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/celery/celery/;
-      description = "Distributed task queue";
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  celery = callPackage ../development/python-modules/celery { pytest = self.pytest_32; };
 
   cerberus = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "Cerberus-${version}";