diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nuitka/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nuitka/default.nix
index 44ee4597dbe..548565ff1d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nuitka/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nuitka/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
 { lib, stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchurl
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , vmprof
 , pyqt4
 , isPyPy
 , pkgs
+, scons
+, chrpath
 }:
 
-let
-  # scons is needed but using it requires Python 2.7
-  # Therefore we create a separate env for it.
-  scons = pkgs.python27.withPackages(ps: [ pkgs.scons ]);
-in buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "0.6.8.4";
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.6.14.5";
   pname = "Nuitka";
 
   # Latest version is not yet on PyPi
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/kayhayen/Nuitka/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0awhwksnmqmbciimqmd11wygp7bnq57khcg4n9r4ld53s147rmqm";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kayhayen";
+    repo = "Nuitka";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "08kcp22zdgp25kk4bp56z196mn6bdi3z4x0q2y9vyz0ywfzp9zap";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ vmprof pyqt4 ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ scons ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ chrpath ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs tests/run-tests