diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/asciinema/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/asciinema/default.nix
index cee4ec925c01..da96bde2fd52 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/asciinema/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/asciinema/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,29 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, buildGoPackage, fetchgit, fetchhg, fetchbzr, fetchsvn }:
+{ lib, python3Packages, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
+let
+  pythonPackages = python3Packages;
+in pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   name = "asciinema-${version}";
-  version = "20160520-${stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";
-  rev = "6683bdaa263d0ce3645b87fe54aa87276b89988a";
+  version = "1.3.0";
 
-  
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/asciinema/asciinema";
+  buildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ requests2 ];
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    inherit rev;
-    url = "https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema";
-    sha256 = "08jyvnjpd5jdgyvkly9fswac4p10bqim5v4rhmivpg4y8pbcmxkz";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "asciinema";
+    repo = "asciinema";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1hx7xipyy9w72iwlawldlif9qk3f7b8jx8c1wcx114pqbjz5d347";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Terminal session recorder and the best companion of asciinema.org";
+    homepage = https://asciinema.org/;
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl3 ];
   };
 }
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e11d2de015b3..d39c8d85cdd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1167,33 +1167,6 @@ in modules // {
     };
   });
 
-  asciinema = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "asciinema-${version}";
-    version = "1.3.0";
-
-    disabled = pythonOlder "3.3";
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests2 ];
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "asciinema";
-      repo = "asciinema";
-      rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "1hx7xipyy9w72iwlawldlif9qk3f7b8jx8c1wcx114pqbjz5d347";
-    };
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      nosetests
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Terminal session recorder and the best companion of asciinema.org";
-      homepage = https://asciinema.org/;
-      license = with licenses; [ gpl3 ];
-    };
-  };
-
   astroid = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "astroid-1.4.4";