diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix
index 93db5f48e40b..83f340fc8d81 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix
@@ -2,27 +2,37 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , six
-, requests-cache
 , pygments
 , pyquery
 , cachelib
 , appdirs
+, keep
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "howdoi";
-  version = "2.0.3";
+  version = "2.0.4";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "ed8acb75779f598a831224f33fa991c51764872574a128e9b2f11b83fcace010";
+    sha256 = "0hq5biy0mpycbji2mikfbflw4r39prylr47iqhlz234kvwdy0jsg";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six requests-cache pygments pyquery cachelib appdirs ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace 'cachelib==0.1' 'cachelib'
+  '';
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six pygments pyquery cachelib appdirs keep ];
+
+  # author hasn't included page_cache directory (which allows tests to run without
+  # external requests) in pypi tarball. github repo doesn't have release revisions
+  # clearly tagged. re-enable tests when either is sorted.
+  doCheck = false;
   preCheck = ''
+    mv howdoi _howdoi
     export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
   '';
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "howdoi" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Instant coding answers via the command line";