diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pygobject/default.nix
similarity index 85%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python2-modules/pygobject/default.nix
index 14acb15e03b5..2a09002976b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pygobject/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/pygobject/2.28/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/pygobject/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "0nkam61rsn7y3wik3vw46wk5q2cjfh2iph57hl9m39rc8jijb7dv";
   };
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # used to select a specific version, in our setup it should have no
   # effect, but we leave it in case somebody expects and calls it.
   postInstall = lib.optionalString (!isPy3k) ''
-    mv $out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages/{pygtk.pth,${pname}-${version}.pth}
+    mv $out/${python.sitePackages}/{pygtk.pth,${pname}-${version}.pth}
 
     # Prevent wrapping of codegen files as these are meant to be
     # executed by the python program
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/";
     description = "Python bindings for GLib";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/pygobject-2.0-fix-darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pygobject/pygobject-2.0-fix-darwin.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/pygobject-2.0-fix-darwin.patch
rename to pkgs/development/python2-modules/pygobject/pygobject-2.0-fix-darwin.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 821073b9c781..30d2c3c5e0d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7918,8 +7918,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pygmt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygmt { };
 
-  pygobject2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygobject { };
-
   pygobject3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygobject/3.nix {
     # inherit (pkgs) meson won't work because it won't be spliced
     inherit (pkgs.buildPackages) meson;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index a8b09c146aed..c5f47d24f7ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ with self; with super; {
     inherit (pkgs.buildPackages) meson;
   };
 
+  pygobject2 = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/pygobject { };
+
   pygtk = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/pygtk { };
 
   pyparsing = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/pyparsing { };