diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch-curator.nix b/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch-curator.nix
index 8cb1275284a3d5..9620c3e0b6d49a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch-curator.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch-curator.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ in {
       startAt = cfg.interval;
       serviceConfig = {
         ExecStart =
-          "${pkgs.python3Packages.elasticsearch-curator}/bin/curator" +
+          "${pkgs.elasticsearch-curator}/bin/curator" +
           " --config ${curatorConfig} ${curatorAction}";
       };
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/elasticsearch-curator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/elasticsearch-curator/default.nix
index 42fb8dee48860f..b65e524346f088 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/elasticsearch-curator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/elasticsearch-curator/default.nix
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     funcsigs
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
-      --replace 'click>=6.7,<7.0' 'click'
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace 'click>=6.7,<7.0' 'click'
-  '';
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/elastic/curator;
     description = "Curate, or manage, your Elasticsearch indices and snapshots";
@@ -69,5 +62,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       * Perform various actions on the items which remain in the actionable list.
     '';
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ basvandijk ];
+
+    # https://github.com/elastic/curator/pull/1280
+    broken = versionAtLeast click.version "7.0";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 81a1b4b0f68a1c..4ae8b09cdc2505 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2534,6 +2534,18 @@ in
     callPackage ../servers/search/elasticsearch/plugins.nix { }
   );
 
+  elasticsearch-curator = with (python3.override {
+    packageOverrides = self: super: {
+      click = super.click.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
+        version = "6.7";
+        src = oldAttrs.src.override {
+          inherit version;
+          sha256 = "f15516df478d5a56180fbf80e68f206010e6d160fc39fa508b65e035fd75130b";
+        };
+      });
+    };
+  }).pkgs; toPythonApplication elasticsearch-curator;
+
   embree2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/embree/2.x.nix { };
 
   emem = callPackage ../applications/misc/emem { };