diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrypto/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrypto/default.nix
index 8ce5cc23764..9c756c9ed64 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrypto/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrypto/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python, gmp }:
 
-# TODO: Update to version 2.1.0 ASAP. The update works, but as of 2010-07-28
-#       the download site appears to be down.
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "pycrypto-2.0.1";
+  name = "pycrypto-2.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pycrypto/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "2dff97ae70b6811157b516bf633405d09147ee1e2bfa06b0c657ad2c22de5800";
+    md5 = "88dad0a270d1fe83a39e0467a66a22bb";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ python gmp ];