diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zulip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zulip/default.nix
index 55f2180ebf4..fc0a49687e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zulip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zulip/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,27 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, isPy3k
+, pythonOlder
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , requests
 , matrix-client
 , distro
 , click
-, cryptography
-, pyopenssl
+, typing-extensions
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "zulip";
-  version = "0.8.1";
+  version = "0.8.2";
 
-  disabled = !isPy3k;
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   # no sdist on PyPI
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "zulip";
     repo = "python-zulip-api";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-vYeZEz8nuZYL1stHLa595IbhyNbqqxH4mx7ISbqRAlA=";
+    hash = "sha256-Z5WrV/RDQwdKUBF86M5/xWhXn3fGNqJtqO5PTd7s5ME=";
   };
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/zulip";
 
@@ -31,20 +30,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     matrix-client
     distro
     click
-
-    # from requests[security]
-    cryptography
-    pyopenssl
+    typing-extensions
   ];
 
   checkInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export COLUMNS=80
-  '';
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "zulip" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {