diff --git a/krebs/3modules/buildbot/master.nix b/krebs/3modules/buildbot/master.nix
index 6c7af6da5..432b93b05 100644
--- a/krebs/3modules/buildbot/master.nix
+++ b/krebs/3modules/buildbot/master.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,7 @@
 with import <stockholm/lib>;
 let
 
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/14026
-  nixpkgs-fix = import (pkgs.fetchgit {
-    url = https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs;
-    rev = "e026b5c243ea39810826e68362718f5d703fb5d0";
-    sha256 = "11lqd480bi6xbi7xbh4krrxmbp6a6iafv1d0q3sj461al0x0has8";
-  }) {};
-
-  buildbot = nixpkgs-fix.buildbot;
+  buildbot = pkgs.buildbot;
   buildbot-master-config = pkgs.writeText "buildbot-master.cfg" ''
     # -*- python -*-
     from buildbot.plugins import *
diff --git a/krebs/3modules/buildbot/slave.nix b/krebs/3modules/buildbot/slave.nix
index 932923ae5..e93c190dc 100644
--- a/krebs/3modules/buildbot/slave.nix
+++ b/krebs/3modules/buildbot/slave.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 with import <stockholm/lib>;
 let
-  nixpkgs-fix = import (pkgs.fetchgit {
-    url = https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs;
-    rev = "e026b5c243ea39810826e68362718f5d703fb5d0";
-    sha256 = "11lqd480bi6xbi7xbh4krrxmbp6a6iafv1d0q3sj461al0x0has8";
-  }) {};
 
   buildbot-slave-init = pkgs.writeText "buildbot-slave.tac" ''
     import os
@@ -158,7 +153,7 @@ let
         workdir = shell.escape cfg.workDir;
         contact = shell.escape cfg.contact;
         description = shell.escape cfg.description;
-        buildbot = nixpkgs-fix.buildbot-slave;
+        buildbot = pkgs.buildbot-slave;
         # TODO:make this
       in {
         PermissionsStartOnly = true;
diff --git a/krebs/5pkgs/simple/buildbot-slave/default.nix b/krebs/5pkgs/simple/buildbot-slave/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30fbe0569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/krebs/5pkgs/simple/buildbot-slave/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonApplication, fetchurl, coreutils, twisted }:
+
+buildPythonApplication (rec {
+  name = "buildbot-slave-0.8.10";
+  namePrefix = "";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/b/buildbot-slave/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "09pncw44c7vqrl7zyn1nvfismiqi9s51axk9cqxn9gq7jhj38mpg";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace buildslave/scripts/logwatcher.py --replace /usr/bin/tail ${coreutils}/bin/tail
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ twisted ];
+
+  # What's up with this?! 'trial' should be 'test', no?
+  #
+  # running tests
+  # usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
+  #    or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
+  #    or: setup.py --help-commands
+  #    or: setup.py cmd --help
+  #
+  # error: invalid command 'trial'
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/man/man1"
+    cp docs/buildslave.1 "$out/share/man/man1"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://buildbot.net/;
+
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+
+    description = "Continuous integration system that automates the build/test cycle";
+
+    longDescription =
+      '' The BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle
+         required by most software projects to validate code changes.  By
+         automatically rebuilding and testing the tree each time something
+         has changed, build problems are pinpointed quickly, before other
+         developers are inconvenienced by the failure.  The guilty
+         developer can be identified and harassed without human
+         intervention.  By running the builds on a variety of platforms,
+         developers who do not have the facilities to test their changes
+         everywhere before checkin will at least know shortly afterwards
+         whether they have broken the build or not.  Warning counts, lint
+         checks, image size, compile time, and other build parameters can
+         be tracked over time, are more visible, and are therefore easier
+         to improve.
+
+         The overall goal is to reduce tree breakage and provide a platform
+         to run tests or code-quality checks that are too annoying or
+         pedantic for any human to waste their time with.  Developers get
+         immediate (and potentially public) feedback about their changes,
+         encouraging them to be more careful about testing before checking
+         in code.
+      '';
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/krebs/5pkgs/simple/buildbot/default.nix b/krebs/5pkgs/simple/buildbot/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a246044d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/krebs/5pkgs/simple/buildbot/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonApplication, fetchurl, twisted, dateutil, jinja2
+, sqlalchemy_migrate_0_7
+, enableDebugClient ? false, pygobject ? null, pyGtkGlade ? null
+}:
+
+# enableDebugClient enables "buildbot debugclient", a Gtk-based debug control
+# panel. Its mostly for developers.
+
+assert enableDebugClient -> pygobject != null && pyGtkGlade != null;
+
+buildPythonApplication (rec {
+  name = "buildbot-0.8.12";
+  namePrefix = "";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/b/buildbot/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1mn4h04sp6smr3ahqfflys15cpn13q9mfkapcs2jc4ppvxv6kdn6";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase =
+    # The code insists on /usr/bin/tail, /usr/bin/make, etc.
+    '' echo "patching erroneous absolute path references..."
+       for i in $(find -name \*.py)
+       do
+         sed -i "$i" \
+             -e "s|/usr/bin/python|$(type -P python)|g ; s|/usr/bin/||g"
+       done
+
+      sed -i 's/==/>=/' setup.py
+    '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs =
+    [ twisted dateutil jinja2 sqlalchemy_migrate_0_7
+    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableDebugClient [ pygobject pyGtkGlade ];
+
+  # What's up with this?! 'trial' should be 'test', no?
+  #
+  # running tests
+  # usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
+  #    or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
+  #    or: setup.py --help-commands
+  #    or: setup.py cmd --help
+  #
+  # error: invalid command 'trial'
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/man/man1"
+    cp docs/buildbot.1 "$out/share/man/man1"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://buildbot.net/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    # Of course, we don't really need that on NixOS.  :-)
+    description = "Continuous integration system that automates the build/test cycle";
+    longDescription =
+      '' The BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle
+         required by most software projects to validate code changes.  By
+         automatically rebuilding and testing the tree each time something
+         has changed, build problems are pinpointed quickly, before other
+         developers are inconvenienced by the failure.  The guilty
+         developer can be identified and harassed without human
+         intervention.  By running the builds on a variety of platforms,
+         developers who do not have the facilities to test their changes
+         everywhere before checkin will at least know shortly afterwards
+         whether they have broken the build or not.  Warning counts, lint
+         checks, image size, compile time, and other build parameters can
+         be tracked over time, are more visible, and are therefore easier
+         to improve.
+
+         The overall goal is to reduce tree breakage and provide a platform
+         to run tests or code-quality checks that are too annoying or
+         pedantic for any human to waste their time with.  Developers get
+         immediate (and potentially public) feedback about their changes,
+         encouraging them to be more careful about testing before checking
+         in code.
+      '';
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+})