diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b01812de8a9f..112f655f5fa8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2190,34 +2190,19 @@ rec {
 
   gtimelog = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "gtimelog-${version}";
-    version = "0.9.1";
-    
-    disabled = isPy26;
+    version = "0.8.1";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "https://github.com/gtimelog/gtimelog/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0qk8fv8cszzqpdi3wl9vvkym1jil502ycn6sic4jrxckw5s9jsfj";
+      sha256 = "0nwpfv284b26q97mfpagqkqb4n2ilw46cx777qsyi3plnywk1xa0";
     };
-    
-    preBuild = ''
-      export LOCALE_ARCHIVE=${pkgs.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive
-      export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
-    '';
 
-    # TODO: AppIndicator
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.gobjectIntrospection pygobject3 pkgs.makeWrapper pkgs.gtk3 ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pygtk ];
 
     checkPhase = ''
-      substituteInPlace runtests --replace "/usr/bin/env python" "${python}/bin/${python.executable}"
+      patchShebangs ./runtests
       ./runtests
     '';
-    
-    preFixup = ''
-        wrapProgram $out/bin/gtimelog \
-          --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH" \
-          --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ":" "${pkgs.gtk3}/lib" \
-     
-    '';
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       description = "A small Gtk+ app for keeping track of your time. It's main goal is to be as unintrusive as possible";