diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8f921c00b740..09b99d3b6204 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -21897,8 +21897,10 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  requests = self.requests2;
 
-  requests = buildPythonPackage rec {
+  # Remove before release of 17.09
+  requests_1 = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "requests-1.2.3";
     disabled = !pythonOlder "3.4";
 
@@ -21913,7 +21915,6 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-
   requests2 = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "requests-${version}";
     version = "2.13.0";