diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/bazaar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/bazaar/default.nix
index 29dee3f03c5..689daef45ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/bazaar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/bazaar/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pythonPackages }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   version = "2.7";
   release = ".0";
   name = "bazaar-${version}${release}";
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1cysix5k3wa6y7jjck3ckq3abls4gvz570s0v0hxv805nwki4i8d";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
-
   # Readline support is needed by bzrtools.
-  pythonPath = [ pythonPackages.readline ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pythonPackages.python.modules.readline ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
 
   # Bazaar can't find the certificates alone
   patches = [ ./add_certificates.patch ];
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --subst-var-by certPath /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
   '';
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    python setup.py install --prefix=$out
-    wrapPythonPrograms
-  '';
-
   meta = {
     homepage = http://bazaar-vcs.org/;
     description = "A distributed version control system that Just Works";