diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-mgmt-compute/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-mgmt-compute/default.nix
index ffd2ea11d7c3..3df307242cf4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-mgmt-compute/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-mgmt-compute/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,37 @@
-{ pkgs
+{ lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , python
 , azure-mgmt-common
+, isPy3k
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "4.4.0";
+  version = "5.0.0";
   pname = "azure-mgmt-compute";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     extension = "zip";
-    sha256 = "356219a354140ea26e6b4f4be4f855f1ffaf63af60de24cd2ca335b4ece9db00";
+    sha256 = "1zdypc8f825n60341ai2482rwgsc7l8dpr691j8hqz571l80y85w";
   };
 
-  postInstall = ''
+  postInstall = if isPy3k then "" else ''
     echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/__init__.py
     echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/mgmt/__init__.py
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ azure-mgmt-common ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    azure-mgmt-common
+  ];
 
-  meta = with pkgs.lib; {
-    description = "Microsoft Azure SDK for Python";
-    homepage = "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ olcai ];
+  # has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "This is the Microsoft Azure Compute Management Client Library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/master/azure-mgmt-compute;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ olcai mwilsoninsight ];
   };
 }