diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kubernetes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kubernetes/default.nix
index e90f72b0fd25..da3c36f6ce04 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kubernetes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kubernetes/default.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,58 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonAtLeast,
-  ipaddress, websocket-client, urllib3, pyyaml, requests_oauthlib, python-dateutil, google-auth, adal,
-  isort, pytest, coverage, mock, sphinx, autopep8, pep8, codecov, recommonmark, nose }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+
+# propgatedBuildInputs
+, adal
+, certifi
+, google-auth
+, python-dateutil
+, pyyaml
+, requests
+, requests_oauthlib
+, urllib3
+, websocket-client
+
+# tests
+, pytestCheckHook
+, mock
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "kubernetes";
   version = "18.20.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
-  prePatch = ''
-    sed -e 's/sphinx>=1.2.1,!=1.3b1,<1.4 # BSD/sphinx/' -i test-requirements.txt
-
-    # This is used to randomize tests, which is not reproducible. Drop it.
-    sed -e '/randomize/d' -i test-requirements.txt
-  ''
-  # This is a python2 and python3.2 only requiremet since it is a backport of a python-3.3 api.
-  + (if (pythonAtLeast "3.3")  then ''
-    sed -e '/ipaddress/d' -i requirements.txt
-  '' else "");
-
-  doCheck = pythonAtLeast "3";
-  checkPhase = ''
-    py.test --ignore=kubernetes/dynamic/test_client.py
-  '';
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0c72d00e7883375bd39ae99758425f5e6cb86388417cf7cc84305c211b2192cf";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kubernetes-client";
+    repo = "python";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1sawp62j7h0yksmg9jlv4ik9b9i1a1w9syywc9mv8x89wibf5ql1";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ isort coverage pytest mock sphinx autopep8 pep8 codecov recommonmark nose ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ipaddress websocket-client urllib3 pyyaml requests_oauthlib python-dateutil google-auth adal ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    adal
+    certifi
+    google-auth
+    python-dateutil
+    pyyaml
+    requests
+    requests_oauthlib
+    urllib3
+    websocket-client
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "kubernetes"
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Kubernetes python client";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openshift/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openshift/default.nix
index cf604ea38181..78e0c53c9112 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openshift/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openshift/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,33 @@
-{
-  lib
-  , buildPythonPackage
-  , fetchPypi
-  , jinja2
-  , kubernetes
-  , ruamel-yaml
-  , six
-  , python-string-utils
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, jinja2
+, kubernetes
+, ruamel-yaml
+, six
+, python-string-utils
+, pytest-bdd
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "openshift";
   version = "0.12.1";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "a38957684b17ad0e140a87226249bf26de7267db0c83a6d512b48be258052e1a";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "openshift";
+    repo = "openshift-restclient-python";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1di55xg3nl4dwrrfw314p4mfm6593kdi7ia517v1sm6x5p4hjl78";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace requirements.txt \
+      --replace "kubernetes ~= 12.0" "kubernetes"
+
+    sed -i '/--cov/d' setup.cfg
+  '';
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     jinja2
     kubernetes
@@ -26,10 +36,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     six
   ];
 
-  # tries to connect to the network
-  doCheck = false;
   pythonImportsCheck = ["openshift"];
 
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest-bdd
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # requires docker
+    "test/functional"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python client for the OpenShift API";
     homepage = "https://github.com/openshift/openshift-restclient-python";