diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxtest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxtest/default.nix
index d24ebf7739a..91fb94ec048 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxtest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxtest/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,19 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python2Packages}:
 
 let
-  inherit (python2Packages) python wrapPython;
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "cxxtest";
   version = "4.4";
-  name = "cxxtest";
+in python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "CxxTest";
-    repo = name;
+    repo = pname;
     rev = version;
     sha256 = "19w92kipfhp5wvs47l0qpibn3x49sbmvkk91yxw6nwk6fafcdl17";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ python wrapPython ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    cd python
-    ${python.interpreter} setup.py install --prefix=$out
-    cd ..
-
-    mkdir -p $out/include
-    cp -R cxxtest $out/include/
-
-    wrapPythonProgramsIn $out/bin "$out $pythonPath"
-  '';
+  sourceRoot = "${name}-src/python";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://cxxtest.com";