diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numba/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numba/default.nix
index 1feb9e009e2..422fee39641 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numba/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numba/default.nix
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "0.29.0";
+  version = "0.30.1";
   name = "numba-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://pypi/n/numba/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "00ae294f3fb3a99e8f0a9f568213cebed26675bacc9c6f8d2e025b6d564e460d";
+    sha256 = "66e6254b3002f448fd212c5df4c8a69964dff9b9f315fb733e3c95e7e2b6c8fd";
   };
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-I${libcxx}/include/c++/v1";
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   # Copy test script into $out and run the test suite.
   checkPhase = ''
-    cp runtests.py $out/${python.sitePackages}/numba/runtests.py
-    ${python.interpreter} $out/${python.sitePackages}/numba/runtests.py
+    python -m numba.runtests
   '';
   # ImportError: cannot import name '_typeconv'
   doCheck = false;
@@ -40,4 +39,4 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Compiling Python code using LLVM";
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
   };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}