diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/promise/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/promise/default.nix
index 68668812fc8..403f0c09791 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/promise/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/promise/default.nix
@@ -1,41 +1,35 @@
 { buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , lib
-
-, coveralls
-, gevent
+, six
+, pytestCheckHook
 , mock
 , pytest-asyncio
-, pytest-benchmark
-, pytestcov
-, six
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "promise";
-  version = "2.3";
+  version = "2.3.0";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1l4kknj97dj5pxfpsz3ln78x9a843561c740b1m4pfi3qlvq7lfz";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "syrusakbary";
+    repo = "promise";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "17mq1bm78xfl0x1g50ng502m5ldq6421rzz35hlqafsj0cq8dkp6";
   };
 
-  patchPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace '"futures",' ""
-  '';
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    gevent
     six
   ];
 
   checkInputs = [
-    coveralls
+    pytestCheckHook
     mock
     pytest-asyncio
-    pytest-benchmark
-    pytestcov
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    "tests/test_benchmark.py"
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {