diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/default.nix
index 981feb38808..ccb15aec01b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , beautifulsoup4
 , geojson
 , lxml
@@ -13,14 +13,17 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "osmpythontools";
-  version = "0.2.8";
+  version = "0.2.9";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    pname = "OSMPythonTools";
-    inherit version;
-    sha256 = "8a33adbd266127e342d12da755075fae08f398032a6f0909b5e86bef13960a85";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mocnik-science";
+    repo = "osm-python-tools";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1qpj03fgn8rmrg9a9vk7bw32k9hdy15g5p2q3a6q52ykpb78jdz5";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./remove-test-only-dependencies.patch ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     beautifulsoup4
     geojson
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     xarray
   ];
 
-  # no tests included
+  # tests touch network
   doCheck = false;
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/remove-test-only-dependencies.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/remove-test-only-dependencies.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c12a96622eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/osmpythontools/remove-test-only-dependencies.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 801d081..6d93128 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ setup(
+         'matplotlib',
+         'numpy',
+         'pandas',
+-        'pytest',
+-        'pytest-sugar',
+         'ujson',
+         'xarray',
+     ],