diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/skein/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/skein/default.nix
index 56e853f73e2e..8dc3391e9e97 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/skein/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/skein/default.nix
@@ -2,26 +2,29 @@
 , callPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , isPy27
-, jre
 , lib
-, pythonPackages
-
+, cryptography
+, grpcio
+, pyyaml
+, grpcio-tools
+, hadoop
+, pytestCheckHook
+, python
 }:
 
-let
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "skein";
   version = "0.8.1";
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "04208b4be9df2dc68ac5b3e3ae51fd9b589add95ea1b67222a8de754d17b1efa";
   };
-  skeinJar = callPackage ./skeinjar.nix { inherit src version; };
-in
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  inherit pname version src;
-  disabled = isPy27;
+  # Update this hash if bumping versions
+  jarHash = "sha256-UGiEoTZ17IhLG72FZ18Zb+Ej4T8z9rMIMDUxzSZGZyY=";
+  skeinJar = callPackage ./skeinjar.nix { inherit pname version jarHash; };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ cryptography grpcio grpcio-tools jupyter pytest pyyaml requests jre ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cryptography grpcio pyyaml ];
+  buildInputs = [ grpcio-tools ];
 
   preBuild = ''
     # Ensure skein.jar exists skips the maven build in setup.py
@@ -29,12 +32,30 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ln -s ${skeinJar} skein/java/skein.jar
   '';
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace skein/core.py --replace "'yarn'" "'${hadoop}/bin/yarn'" \
+      --replace "else 'java'" "else '${hadoop.jdk}/bin/java'"
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "skein" ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  # These tests require connecting to a YARN cluster. They could be done through NixOS tests later.
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_ui"
+    "test_tornado"
+    "test_kv"
+    "test_core"
+    "test_cli"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://jcristharif.com/skein";
     description = "A tool and library for easily deploying applications on Apache YARN";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ alexbiehl ];
-    broken = true; # maven repo src isn't stable
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ alexbiehl illustris ];
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/48663#issuecomment-1083031627
+    # replace with https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/140325 once it is merged
+    broken = lib.traceIf isPy27 "${pname} not supported on ${python.executable}" isPy27;
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/skein/skeinjar.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/skein/skeinjar.nix
index d29e0e2f99c7..d559f237bf71 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/skein/skeinjar.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/skein/skeinjar.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
-{ callPackage, stdenv, maven, src, version }:
+{ fetchPypi, unzip, stdenv, pname, version, jarHash }:
 
-let
-  skeinRepo = callPackage ./skeinrepo.nix { inherit src version; };
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "skein.jar";
+  inherit pname version;
 
-  inherit version src;
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    format = "wheel";
+    hash = jarHash;
+  };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ maven ];
+  dontUnpack = true;
 
-  buildPhase = ''
-    mvn --offline -f java/pom.xml package -Dmaven.repo.local="${skeinRepo}" -Dskein.version=${version} -Dversion=${version}
-  '';
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
 
   installPhase = ''
-    # Making sure skein.jar exists skips the maven build in setup.py
-    mv java/target/skein-*.jar $out
+    unzip ${src}
+    mv ./skein/java/skein.jar $out
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/skein/skeinrepo.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/skein/skeinrepo.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 86cbf82b7f0f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/skein/skeinrepo.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{ autoPatchelfHook, lib, maven, stdenv, src, version }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "skein-maven-repo";
-
-  inherit version src;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ maven ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux autoPatchelfHook;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out
-
-    archs="${
-      if stdenv.isLinux
-      then "linux-x86_32 linux-x86_64"
-      else "osx-x86_64"
-    }"
-
-    for arch in $archs
-    do
-      mvn -Dmaven.repo.local=$out dependency:get -Dartifact=com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.0.0:exe:$arch
-      mvn -Dmaven.repo.local=$out dependency:get -Dartifact=io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.16.0:exe:$arch
-    done
-
-    if ${ lib.boolToString stdenv.isLinux }
-    then
-      autoPatchelf $out
-    fi
-
-    # We have to use maven package here as dependency:go-offline doesn't
-    # fetch every required jar.
-    mvn -f java/pom.xml -Dmaven.repo.local=$out package
-
-    rm $(find $out -name _remote.repositories)
-    rm $(find $out -name resolver-status.properties)
-  '';
-
-  outputHashMode = "recursive";
-  outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-  outputHash = if stdenv.isLinux
-    then "12f0q3444qw6y4f6qsa9540a0fz4cgi844zzi8z1phqn3k4dnl6v"
-    else "0bjbwiv17cary1isxca0m2hsvgs1i5fh18z247h1hky73lnhbrz8";
-
-} // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isLinux { dontAutoPatchelf = true; }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 287d2928a303..63dd4ba178f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9351,9 +9351,7 @@ in {
 
   six = callPackage ../development/python-modules/six { };
 
-  skein = callPackage ../development/python-modules/skein {
-    jre = pkgs.jre8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
-  };
+  skein = callPackage ../development/python-modules/skein { };
 
   skidl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/skidl { };