diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikits-odes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikits-odes/default.nix
index 89ffe334e7f..32809be7bde 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikits-odes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikits-odes/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchPypi
 , fetchurl
 , cython
 , enum34
@@ -16,14 +16,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "scikits.odes";
-  version = "2.4.0-9-g93075ae";
+  version = "2.6.1";
 
-  # we fetch github instead of Pypi, as we want #104 and #105, which don't apply cleanly on 2.4.0
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "bmcage";
-    repo = "odes";
-    rev = "93075ae25c409f572f13ca7207fada5706f73c73";
-    sha256 = "161rab7hy6r1a9xw1zby9xhnnmxi0zwdpzxfpjkw9651xn2k5xyw";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0kbf2n16h9s35x6pavlx6sff0pqr68i0x0609z92a4vadni32n6b";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [