diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 373c3a27de2c..6f85300f1e02 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12944,19 +12944,21 @@ in {
   };
 
   pycurl = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "pycurl-7.19.5.1";
+    pname = "pycurl";
+    version = "7.43.0.1";
     disabled = isPyPy; # https://github.com/pycurl/pycurl/issues/208
 
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0v5w66ir3siimfzg3kc8hfrrilwwnbxq5bvipmrpyxar0kw715vf";
+    src = fetchPypi {
+      inherit pname version;
+      sha256 = "1ali1gjs9iliwjra7w0y5hwg79a2fd0f4ydvv6k27sgxpbr1n8s3";
     };
 
     buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.curl pkgs.openssl.out ];
 
-    checkInputs = with self; [ bottle pytest nose ];
+    checkInputs = with self; [ bottle pytest nose flaky ];
+
     checkPhase = ''
-      py.test -k "not test_ssl_in_static_libs" tests
+      py.test -k "not test_ssl_in_static_libs and not ssh_key_cb_test" tests
     '';
 
     preConfigure = ''