diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pam/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pam/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b585537978..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pam/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, pam
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "python-pam";
-  version = "1.8.4";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "FirefighterBlu3";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0gp7vzd332j7jwndcnz7kc9j283d6lyv32bndd1nqv9ghzv69sxp";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    pam
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed "s|find_library(\"pam\")|\"${pam}/lib/libpam.so\"|g" -i pam.py
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Python pam module supporting py3 (and py2)";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/FirefighterBlu3/python-pam";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mkg20001 ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-pam/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-pam/default.nix
index 4065cd7c014..f152c1f264e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-pam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-pam/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,32 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pam }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pam
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-pam";
   version = "1.8.4";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "16whhc0vr7gxsbzvsnq65nq8fs3wwmx755cavm8kkczdkz4djmn8";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "FirefighterBlu3";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0gp7vzd332j7jwndcnz7kc9j283d6lyv32bndd1nqv9ghzv69sxp";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [
+    pam
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pam.py --replace 'find_library("pam")' \
-      '"${pam}/lib/libpam${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}"'
+    sed "s|find_library(\"pam\")|\"${pam}/lib/libpam.so\"|g" -i pam.py
   '';
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Python PAM module using ctypes";
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python pam module supporting py3 (and py2)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/FirefighterBlu3/python-pam";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
     license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar mkg20001 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b8135c08374..f5c3f6c5103 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4193,7 +4193,8 @@ in {
 
   palettable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/palettable { };
 
-  pam = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pam { inherit (pkgs) pam; };
+  # Alias. Added 2020-09-07.
+  pam = self.python-pam;
 
   pamela = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pamela { };
 
@@ -5713,7 +5714,9 @@ in {
 
   python-packer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-packer { };
 
-  python-pam = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-pam { };
+  python-pam = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-pam {
+    inherit (pkgs) pam;
+  };
 
   python-periphery = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-periphery { };