diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1daff95d3a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchurl
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pycrypto
+, paramiko
+, jinja2
+, pyyaml
+, httplib2
+, boto
+, six
+, netaddr
+, dnspython
+, jmespath
+, dopy
+, windowsSupport ? false
+, pywinrm
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ansible";
+  version = "2.7.8";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "11yx7vd0mp5gkq428af141dwnrwf8f9cp3f65243qbs9icjxnrrx";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    sed -i "s,/usr/,$out," lib/ansible/constants.py
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    for m in docs/man/man1/*; do
+      install -vD $m -t $out/share/man/man1
+    done
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pycrypto paramiko jinja2 pyyaml httplib2 boto
+    six netaddr dnspython jmespath dopy
+  ] ++ lib.optional windowsSupport pywinrm;
+
+  # dificult to test
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.ansible.com;
+    description = "Radically simple IT automation";
+    license = [ licenses.gpl3 ] ;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgeerds joamaki costrouc ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
index 58798a92b159..f9cc3fb4ebcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
@@ -1,72 +1,27 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python2
-, windowsSupport ? false
-}:
+{ python3Packages, fetchurl }:
 
-let
-  generic = { version, sha256, py ? python2 }: py.pkgs.buildPythonPackage rec {
+{
+  ansible = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication ansible;
+
+  ansible_2_7 = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication ansible;
+
+  ansible_2_6 = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication (ansible.overridePythonAttrs(old: rec {
     pname = "ansible";
-    inherit version;
-
-    outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
+    version = "2.6.9";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-      inherit sha256;
+      sha256 = "12mysvdavkypgmyms1wjq2974lk97w893k23i6khigxrjj6r85z1";
     };
+  }));
 
-    prePatch = ''
-      sed -i "s,/usr/,$out," lib/ansible/constants.py
-    '';
+  ansible_2_5 = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication (ansible.overridePythonAttrs(old: rec {
+    pname = "ansible";
+    version = "2.5.14";
 
-    postInstall = ''
-      wrapPythonProgramsIn "$out/bin" "$out $PYTHONPATH"
-
-      for m in docs/man/man1/*; do
-        install -vD $m -t $man/share/man/man1
-      done
-    '';
-
-    doCheck = false;
-    dontStrip = true;
-    dontPatchELF = true;
-    dontPatchShebangs = false;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with py.pkgs; [
-      pycrypto paramiko jinja2 pyyaml httplib2 boto six netaddr dnspython jmespath dopy
-    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional windowsSupport pywinrm;
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      homepage = http://www.ansible.com;
-      description = "A simple automation tool";
-      license = with licenses; [ gpl3 ] ;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgeerds joamaki ];
-      platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0sd04h2k5qv4m48dn76jkjlwlqfdk15hzyagj9i71r8brvmwhnk9";
     };
-  };
-
-in rec {
-  # We will carry all the supported versions
-
-  ansible_2_4 = generic {
-    version = "2.4.4.0";
-    sha256  = "0n1k6h0h6av74nw8vq98fmh6q4pq6brpwmx45282vh3bkdmpa0ib";
-  };
-
-  ansible_2_5 = generic {
-    version = "2.5.11";
-    sha256  = "07rhgkl3a2ba59rqh9pyz1p661gc389shlwa2sw1m6wwifg4lm24";
-  };
-
-  ansible_2_6 = generic {
-    version = "2.6.7";
-    sha256  = "10pakw9k9wd3cy1qk3ah2253ph7c7h3qzpal4k0s5lschzgy2fh0";
-  };
-
-  ansible_2_7 = generic {
-    version = "2.7.6";
-    sha256  = "0f7b2ghm34ql8yv90wr0ngd6w7wyvnlcxpc3snkj86kcjsnmx1bd";
-  };
-
-  ansible2 = ansible_2_7;
-  ansible  = ansible2;
+  }));
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4ca0101f3096..903008711db8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8295,13 +8295,11 @@ in
 
   augeas = callPackage ../tools/system/augeas { };
 
-  inherit (callPackages ../tools/admin/ansible {})
-    ansible_2_4
+  inherit (callPackage ../tools/admin/ansible { })
+    ansible
     ansible_2_5
     ansible_2_6
-    ansible_2_7
-    ansible2
-    ansible;
+    ansible_2_7;
 
   ansible-lint = callPackage ../development/tools/ansible-lint {};
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2879cf8432a0..a66a22a78b9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -912,6 +912,14 @@ in {
 
   allpairspy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/allpairspy { };
 
+  ansible = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible { };
+
+  ansible-kernel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible-kernel { };
+
+  ansible-lint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible-lint { };
+
+  ansible-runner = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible-runner { };
+
   ansicolors = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansicolors {};
 
   aniso8601 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aniso8601 {};