diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datatable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datatable/default.nix
index 345903932bd4..c5271e473e3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datatable/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datatable/default.nix
@@ -1,45 +1,63 @@
 { stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, substituteAll, pythonOlder
+, pipInstallHook, writeText
 , blessed
 , docutils
 , libcxx
-, libcxxabi
 , llvm
-, openmp
-, pytest
+, pytestCheckHook
 , typesentry
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "datatable";
-  version = "0.10.1";
+  version = "0.11.0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "3ce5257c0c4afa96e2b14ca47a0aaf73add195b11de48f4adda50b5ede927436";
+    sha256 = "19c602711e00f72e9ae296d8fa742d46da037c2d3a2d254bdf68f817a8da76bb";
   };
+  # authors seem to have created their own build system
+  format = "other";
 
-  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    # Replace the library auto-detection with hardcoded paths.
-    (substituteAll {
-      src = ./hardcode-library-paths.patch;
+  # tarball doesn't appear to have been shipped totally ready-to-build
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace ci/ext.py \
+      --replace \
+        'shell_cmd(["git"' \
+        '"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" or shell_cmd(["git"'
+    echo '${version}' > VERSION.txt
+  '';
+  DT_RELEASE = "1";
 
-      libomp_dylib = "${lib.getLib openmp}/lib/libomp.dylib";
-      libcxx_dylib = "${lib.getLib libcxx}/lib/libc++.1.dylib";
-      libcxxabi_dylib = "${lib.getLib libcxxabi}/lib/libc++abi.dylib";
-    })
-  ];
+  buildPhase = ''
+    python ci/ext.py wheel
+  '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ typesentry blessed ];
-  buildInputs = [ llvm ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ openmp ];
-  checkInputs = [ docutils pytest ];
+  buildInputs = [ llvm pipInstallHook ];
+  checkInputs = [ docutils pytestCheckHook ];
 
   LLVM = llvm;
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-isystem ${libcxx}/include/c++/v1";
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    mv datatable datatable.hidden
-    pytest
-  '';
+  pytestFlagsArray = let
+    # ini file (not included in tarball) required to change python_files setting,
+    pytestIni = writeText "pytest.ini" ''
+      [pytest]
+      python_files = test_*.py test-*.py
+    '';
+  in [
+    "-c ${pytestIni}"
+  ];
+  disabledTests = [
+    # skip tests which are irrelevant to our installation or use way too much memory
+    "test_xfunction_paths"
+    "test_fread_from_cmd2"
+    "test_cast_huge_to_str"
+    "test_create_large_string_column"
+  ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "datatable" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "data.table for Python";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datatable/hardcode-library-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datatable/hardcode-library-paths.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 76c2f0e1dd7f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datatable/hardcode-library-paths.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/ci/setup_utils.py b/ci/setup_utils.py
-index 66b385a..6255af0 100644
---- a/ci/setup_utils.py
-+++ b/ci/setup_utils.py
-@@ -600,37 +600,7 @@ def find_linked_dynamic_libraries():
-     them as a list of absolute paths.
-     """
-     with TaskContext("Find the required dynamic libraries") as log:
--        llvm = get_llvm()
--        libs = required_link_libraries()
--        resolved = []
--        for libname in libs:
--            if llvm:
--                fullpath = os.path.join(llvm, "lib", libname)
--                if os.path.isfile(fullpath):
--                    resolved.append(fullpath)
--                    log.info("Library `%s` found at %s" % (libname, fullpath))
--                    continue
--                else:
--                    log.info("%s does not exist" % fullpath)
--            # Rely on the shell `locate` command to find the dynamic libraries.
--            proc = subprocess.Popen(["locate", libname], stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
--                                    stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
--            stdout, stderr = proc.communicate()
--            if proc.returncode == 0:
--                results = stdout.decode().strip().split("\n")
--                results = [r for r in results if r]
--                if results:
--                    results.sort(key=len)
--                    fullpath = results[0]
--                    assert os.path.isfile(fullpath), "Invalid path: %r" % (fullpath,)
--                    resolved.append(fullpath)
--                    log.info("Library `%s` found at %s" % (libname, fullpath))
--                    continue
--                else:
--                    log.fatal("Cannot locate dynamic library `%s`" % libname)
--            else:
--                log.fatal("`locate` command returned the following error:\n%s"
--                          % stderr.decode())
-+        resolved = ["@libomp_dylib@", "@libcxx_dylib@", "@libcxxabi_dylib@"]
-         return resolved
- 
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8bf36ea1ad23..66695effc8bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1459,8 +1459,9 @@ in {
 
   datashape = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datashape { };
 
-  datatable =
-    callPackage ../development/python-modules/datatable { inherit (pkgs.llvmPackages) openmp libcxx libcxxabi; };
+  datatable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datatable {
+    inherit (pkgs.llvmPackages) libcxx;
+  };
 
   dateparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dateparser { };