diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vxi11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vxi11/default.nix
index 86b05b32540..7bae1e9860b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vxi11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vxi11/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, nose }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, nose }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-vxi11";
   version = "0.9";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1zvd0wxp6mccaxy9fzlzk3i4pr2ggnj79r3awimjqd89pvaxiyq1";
+  # no tests in PyPI tarball
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "python-ivi";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1xv7chp7rm0vrvbz6q57fpwhlgjz461h08q9zgmkcl2l0w96hmsn";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ nose ];