diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/default.nix
index a3f790abfc51..c7d8207aa3d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/default.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,56 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
-, pytest, pytest-runner, pbr, glibcLocales , pytest-cov
-, requests, requests_oauthlib, requests-toolbelt, defusedxml
-, ipython
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, defusedxml
+, flaky
+, keyring
+, requests-mock
+, requests_oauthlib
+, requests-toolbelt
+, setuptools-scm
+, setuptools-scm-git-archive
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jira";
-  version = "2.0.0";
+  version = "3.0.1";
 
-  PBR_VERSION = version;
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "e2a94adff98e45b29ded030adc76103eab34fa7d4d57303f211f572bedba0e93";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pycontribs";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-hAUAzkHPXFDlKEom+dkzr8GQ+sqK2Ci1/k+QuSNvifE=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ glibcLocales pytest pytest-cov pytest-runner pbr ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests requests_oauthlib requests-toolbelt defusedxml pbr ipython ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
+      --replace "--cov-report=xml --cov jira" ""
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm setuptools-scm-git-archive ];
+
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    defusedxml
+    keyring
+    requests_oauthlib
+    requests-toolbelt
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    flaky
+    pytestCheckHook
+    requests-mock
+  ];
 
   # impure tests because of connectivity attempts to jira servers
   doCheck = false;
 
-  patches = [ ./sphinx-fix.patch ];
-
-  LC_ALL = "en_US.utf8";
-
-  disabled = !isPy3k;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "This library eases the use of the JIRA REST API from Python.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pycontribs/jira";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/sphinx-fix.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/sphinx-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ccc47ac4b9cf..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/sphinx-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index c49a24d..31aeec2 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ except ImportError:
- 
- 
- setuptools.setup(
--    setup_requires=['pbr>=3.0.0', 'setuptools>=17.1', 'pytest-runner', 'sphinx>=1.6.5'],
-+    setup_requires=['pbr>=3.0.0', 'setuptools>=17.1', 'pytest-runner'],
-     pbr=True)