diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a95f2887699..c65ec25c29f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10483,14 +10483,18 @@ in modules // {
   };
 
   google_api_python_client = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "google-api-python-client-1.2";
+    name = "google-api-python-client-${version}";
+    version = "1.5.1";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://google-api-python-client.googlecode.com/files/google-api-python-client-1.2.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0xd619w71xk4ldmikxqhaaqn985rc2hy4ljgwfp50jb39afg7crw";
+      url = "mirror://pypi/g/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1ggxk094vqr4ia6yq7qcpa74b4x5cjd5mj74rq0xx9wp2jkrxmig";
     };
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ httplib2 ];
+    # No tests included in archive
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ httplib2 six oauth2client uritemplate ];
 
     meta = {
       description = "The core Python library for accessing Google APIs";