diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vdirsyncer/stable.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vdirsyncer/stable.nix
index cb90bfbc59886..6e1dc98256702 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vdirsyncer/stable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vdirsyncer/stable.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
-, pythonAtLeast
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , isPy27
-, fetchpatch
 , click
 , click-log
 , click-threading
@@ -11,25 +9,21 @@
 , requests
 , requests_oauthlib # required for google oauth sync
 , atomicwrites
-, milksnake
-, shippai
 , hypothesis
-, pytest
+, pytestCheckHook
 , pytest-localserver
 , pytest-subtesthack
 , setuptools_scm
 }:
 
-# Packaging documentation at:
-# https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer/blob/0.16.7/docs/packaging.rst
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "0.16.7";
+  version = "0.16.8";
   pname = "vdirsyncer";
   disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "6c9bcfb9bcb01246c83ba6f8551cf54c58af3323210755485fc23bb7848512ef";
+    sha256 = "bfdb422f52e1d4d60bd0635d203fb59fa7f613397d079661eb48e79464ba13c5";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -46,43 +40,25 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   checkInputs = [
     hypothesis
-    pytest
+    pytestCheckHook
     pytest-localserver
     pytest-subtesthack
   ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fixes for hypothesis: https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer/pull/779
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer/commit/22ad88a6b18b0979c5d1f1d610c1d2f8f87f4b89.patch";
-      sha256 = "0dbzj6jlxhdidnm3i21a758z83sdiwzhpd45pbkhycfhgmqmhjpl";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
-    # Invalid argument: 'perform_health_check' is not a valid setting
-    substituteInPlace tests/conftest.py \
-      --replace "perform_health_check=False" ""
-    substituteInPlace tests/unit/test_repair.py \
-      --replace $'@settings(perform_health_check=False)  # Using the random module for UIDs\n' ""
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "click>=5.0,<6.0" "click"
   '';
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    make DETERMINISTIC_TESTS=true PYTEST_ARGS="--deselect=tests/system/cli/test_sync.py::test_verbosity" test
+  preCheck = ''
+    export DETERMINISTIC_TESTS=true
   '';
-  # Tests started to fail lately, for any python version even as low as 3.5 but
-  # if you enable the check, you'll see even severer errors with a higher then
-  # 3.5 python version. Hence it's marked as broken for higher then 3.5 and the
-  # checks are disabled unconditionally. As a general end user advice, use the
-  # normal "unstable" `vdirsyncer` derivation, not this one.
-  doCheck = false;
+
+  disabledTests = [ "test_verbosity" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer";
     description = "Synchronize calendars and contacts";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    # vdirsyncer (unstable) works with mainline python versions
-    broken = (pythonAtLeast "3.6");
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ loewenheim ];
   };
 }