diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/smartypants/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/smartypants/default.nix
index d1e11e30d619..ec41c8a32aa1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/smartypants/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/smartypants/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchhg
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , isPyPy
 }:
 
@@ -9,15 +9,21 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "smartypants";
   disabled = isPyPy;
 
-  src = fetchhg {
-    url = "https://bitbucket.org/livibetter/smartypants.py";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "leohemsted";
+    repo = "smartypants.py";
     rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "1cmzz44d2hm6y8jj2xcq1wfr26760gi7iq92ha8xbhb1axzd7nq6";
+    # remove this file and the name on the next version update
+    extraPostFetch = ''
+      cp ${./hgtags} "$out"/.hgtags
+    '';
+    name = "hg-archive";
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python with the SmartyPants";
-    homepage = "https://bitbucket.org/livibetter/smartypants.py";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/leohemsted/smartypants.py";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/smartypants/hgtags b/pkgs/development/python-modules/smartypants/hgtags
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..522ca8d2c017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/smartypants/hgtags
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+47e996532eff9d3bb2c7048aca37d5fd1028e706 v1.5_1.2
+4ff48eba1d3d37d708005e465cf701b63eb68fd3 v1.5_1.1
+6ba7f3a14ff77e4e9bf9918413b1710c33deae4d v1.5_1.3.1
+71006a014216defb21e4db6e03434d289564ea60 v1.5_1.6
+90950ff693122f80710974abc0f2be64d4105e84 v1.5_1.3
+a6ecae6541d64f5b12c7b788c65362b0c012278d v1.5_1.0
+eed4a8a16f116f98e8280dc79128845020bbe766 v1.5_1.5
+f9a62f541f19ead9be4c3be896b64d1caa0b524c v1.5_1.4
+fc0bee49a07daf05f034560cfef81a8a8d034d1f v1.5_1.7
+096ed5f806b6dbc473fae1848643cf45005b9bf1 v1.7.0
+aaeb8099a24ad7db3f36ebe71ef326d6377730aa v1.7.1
+fd8ccc937af7280db4e581b2eb1354245f4672ab v1.8.0
+7839b0eab3e9daf5b346edfa5c54f3cc46fc202a v1.8.1
+6140b78317beabb6e49cd91b35a779ccb0af7327 v1.8.2
+c3b1c83c5ddada685b421b8f82f7e92c794bf2f6 v1.8.3
+460c1add9b9f89831e1ab965f1e1c31325f6e72d v1.8.4
+78165f4976299c37d6e3dd5463adcd61f9cb2b75 v1.8.5