diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix
index bdb9fd2d4772..5c80e76f482f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,27 @@
-{ lib, python2Packages, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "cli53-${version}";
-  version = "0.4.4";
+  version = "0.8.8";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://pypi/c/cli53/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0s9jzigq6a16m2c3qklssx2lz16cf13g5zh80vh24kxazaxqzbig";
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/barnybug/cli53";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "barnybug";
+    repo = "cli53";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1hbx64rn25qzp2xlfwv8xaqyfcax9b6pl30j9vciw7cb346i84gc";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [
-    argparse
-    boto
-    dns
-  ];
+  buildPhase = ''
+    pushd go/src/${goPackagePath}/cmd/cli53
+    go get .
+    popd
+  '';
 
-  meta = {
+  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "CLI tool for the Amazon Route 53 DNS service";
     homepage = https://github.com/barnybug/cli53;
     license = lib.licenses.mit;