diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vdirsyncer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vdirsyncer/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a5494634bb..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vdirsyncer/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, isPy27
-, fetchpatch
-, rustPlatform
-, pkg-config
-, openssl
-, CoreServices
-, Security
-, click
-, click-log
-, click-threading
-, requests_toolbelt
-, requests
-, requests_oauthlib # required for google oauth sync
-, atomicwrites
-, milksnake
-, shippai
-, hypothesis
-, pytest
-, pytest-localserver
-, pytest-subtesthack
-, setuptools_scm
-}:
-
-# Packaging documentation at:
-# https://github.com/untitaker/vdirsyncer/blob/master/docs/packaging.rst
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "unstable-2018-08-05";
-  pname = "vdirsyncer";
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
-  disabled = isPy27;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "spk";
-    repo = pname;
-    # fix-build-style branch, see https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer/pull/798
-    rev = "2c62d03bd73f8b44a47c2e769ade046697896ae9";
-    sha256 = "1q6xvzz5rf5sqdaj3mdvhpgwy5b16isavgg7vardgjwqwv1yal28";
-  };
-
-  native = rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
-    name = "${name}-native";
-    inherit src;
-    sourceRoot = "source/rust";
-    cargoSha256 = "0cqy0s55pkg6hww86h7qip4xaidh6g8lcypdj84n2x374jq38c5d";
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-    buildInputs = [ openssl ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices Security ];
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    click click-log click-threading
-    requests_toolbelt
-    requests
-    requests_oauthlib # required for google oauth sync
-    atomicwrites
-    milksnake
-    shippai
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    setuptools_scm
-  ];
-
-  checkInputs = [
-    hypothesis
-    pytest
-    pytest-localserver
-    pytest-subtesthack
-  ];
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer/commit/7b636e8e40d69c495901f965b9c0686513659e44.patch";
-      sha256 = "0vl942ii5iad47y63v0ngmhfp37n30nxyk4j7h64b95fk38vfwx9";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # see https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer/pull/805
-    substituteInPlace setup.cfg --replace --duration --durations
-
-    # for setuptools_scm:
-    echo 'Version: ${version}' >PKG-INFO
-
-    sed -i 's/spec.add_external_build(cmd=cmd/spec.add_external_build(cmd="true"/g' setup.py
-
-    # fixing test
-    sed -i "s/invalid value for \"--verbosity\"/invalid value for \\\'--verbosity\\\'/" tests/system/cli/test_sync.py
-  '';
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    mkdir -p rust/target/release
-    ln -s ${native}/lib/libvdirsyncer_rustext* rust/target/release/
-  '';
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    rm -rf vdirsyncer
-    make DETERMINISTIC_TESTS=true PYTEST_ARGS="--deselect=tests/unit/utils/test_vobject.py::test_replace_uid --deselect=tests/unit/sync/test_sync.py::TestSyncMachine" test
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer";
-    description = "Synchronize calendars and contacts";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer gebner ];
-    license = licenses.mit;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d9862a193e4..f90af2c5d76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7500,10 +7500,7 @@ in {
 
   vdf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vdf { };
 
-  vdirsyncer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vdirsyncer {
-    inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices Security;
-    inherit (pkgs) pkg-config openssl rustPlatform;
-  };
+  vdirsyncer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vdirsyncer/stable.nix { };
 
   vdirsyncerStable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vdirsyncer/stable.nix { };