diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
index 6c7c3c8400c1bd..b94374aeda860f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , python
 , fetchPypi
-, fetchFromGitHub
+, html5lib
 , pytest
 , cython
-, cymem
 , preshed
-, pathlib2
+, ftfy
 , numpy
 , murmurhash
 , plac
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@
 , ujson
 , dill
 , requests
-, ftfy
 , thinc
 , pip
 , regex
@@ -24,32 +22,49 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "spacy";
-  version = "1.8.2";
+  version = "2.0.9";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "explosion";
-    repo = "spaCy";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0v3bmmar31a6968y4wl0lmgnc3829l2mnwd8s959m4pqw1y1w648";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1ihkhflhyz67bp73kfjqfrbcgdxi2msz5asbrh0pkk590c4vmms5";
   };
 
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace \
+      "'html5lib==1.0b8'," \
+      "'html5lib',"
+
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace \
+      "'regex==2017.4.5'," \
+      "'regex',"
+
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace \
+      "'ftfy==2017.4.5'," \
+      "'ftfy',"
+
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace \
+      "'pathlib'," \
+      "\"pathlib; python_version<'3.4'\","
+  '';
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
    cython
-   cymem
-   pathlib2
-   preshed
-   numpy
+   dill
+   html5lib
    murmurhash
+   numpy
    plac
+   preshed
+   regex
+   requests
    six
+   thinc
    ujson
-   dill
-   requests
-   regex
    ftfy
-   thinc
-   pytest
-   pip
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
   ];
 
   doCheck = false;