diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/afew/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/afew/default.nix
index 39c921eb7bcd..05280738e5ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/afew/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/afew/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 { stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
-, isPy3k , dbacl, notmuch, chardet, subprocess32 }:
+, isPy3k , setuptools_scm, notmuch, chardet, subprocess32 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "afew";
-  version = "git-2017-02-08";
+  version = "1.2.0";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "afewmail";
     repo = "afew";
-    rev = "889a3b966835c4d16aa1f24bb89f12945b9b2a67";
-    sha256 = "01gwrx1m3ka13ps3vj04a3y8llli2j2vkd3gcggcvxdphhpysckm";
+    rev = "3405475276a2433e1238be330e538ebf2a976e5e";
+    sha256 = "1h974avnfc6636az130yjqwm28z3aaqm49bjhpy3razx6zvyhzlf";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ dbacl ];
+  buildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = "${version}";
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     notmuch
@@ -22,10 +23,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   doCheck = false;
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace afew/DBACL.py --replace "'dbacl'" "'${dbacl}/bin/dbacl'"
-  '';
-
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/afew \
       --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${notmuch}/lib