diff --git a/artiq/default.nix b/artiq/default.nix
index 9adc4f5..32cb4fa 100644
--- a/artiq/default.nix
+++ b/artiq/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in
     llvm-or1k = callPackage ./pkgs/llvm-or1k.nix { inherit llvm-src; };
     llvmlite-artiq = callPackage ./pkgs/llvmlite-artiq.nix { inherit llvm-or1k; };
     artiq = callPackage ./pkgs/artiq.nix { inherit binutils-or1k; inherit llvm-or1k; inherit llvmlite-artiq; };
-    artiq-manual = callPackage ./pkgs/artiq-manual.nix { };
+    artiq-manual = callPackage ./pkgs/artiq-manual.nix { inherit (pythonDeps) sphinx-argparse sphinxcontrib-wavedrom; };
     openocd = callPackage ./pkgs/openocd.nix {};
     conda-artiq = import ./conda-artiq.nix { inherit pkgs; };
   } //  boardPackages
diff --git a/artiq/pkgs/artiq-manual.nix b/artiq/pkgs/artiq-manual.nix
index f04b260..a659608 100644
--- a/artiq/pkgs/artiq-manual.nix
+++ b/artiq/pkgs/artiq-manual.nix
@@ -1,92 +1,9 @@
-{ stdenv, lib,
-  git, fetchFromGitHub, fetchgit,
-  python3Packages, texlive, texinfo
-}:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, python3Packages, texlive, texinfo, sphinx-argparse, sphinxcontrib-wavedrom }:
 
-with python3Packages;
 let
   artiqVersion = import ./artiq-version.nix;
 
-  # TODO: sphinx-argparse will be available from nixos-19.XX
-  sphinx-argparse = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "sphinx-argparse";
-    version = "0.2.5";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "05wc8f5hb3jsg2vh2jf7jsyan8d4i09ifrz2c8fp6f7x1zw9iav0";
-    };
-
-    checkInputs = [
-      pytest
-    ];
-
-    checkPhase = "py.test";
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [
-      sphinx
-    ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A sphinx extension that automatically documents argparse commands and options";
-      homepage = https://github.com/ribozz/sphinx-argparse;
-      license = lib.licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ clacke ];
-    };
-  };
-
-  wavedrom = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "wavedrom";
-    version = "0.1";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "006w683zlmmwcw5xz1n5dwg34ims5jg3gl2700ql4wr0myjz6710";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [
-      svgwrite attrdict
-    ];
-    doCheck = false;
-  };
-
-  sphinxcontrib-wavedrom-1_3_1 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "sphinxcontrib-wavedrom";
-    version = "1.3.1";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "1q2hk630nz734cln2wwngjidlb7xyk6ly8qqlpsj259n9n2iab6v";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [
-      sphinx
-    ];
-    doCheck = false;
-  };
-
-  sphinxcontrib-wavedrom-2_0_0 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "sphinxcontrib-wavedrom";
-    version = "2.0.0";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "0nk36zqq5ipxqx9izz2iazb3iraasanv3nm05bjr21gw42zgkz22";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [
-      sphinx wavedrom xcffib cairosvg
-    ];
-    doCheck = false;
-  };
-
-  sphinxcontrib-wavedrom =
-    if builtins.compareVersions sphinx.version "1.8" == -1
-    then sphinxcontrib-wavedrom-1_3_1
-    else sphinxcontrib-wavedrom-2_0_0;
+  isLatexPdfTarget = target: builtins.match "latexpdf.*" target != null;
 
   latex = texlive.combine {
     inherit (texlive)
@@ -95,15 +12,13 @@ let
       upquote capt-of needspace;
   };
 
-  isLatexPdfTarget = target: builtins.match "latexpdf.*" target != null;
-
   artiq-manual = target: stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "artiq-manual-${target}";
     version = artiqVersion;
 
     src = import ./artiq-src.nix { inherit fetchgit; };
     buildInputs = [
-      sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme
+      python3Packages.sphinx python3Packages.sphinx_rtd_theme
       sphinx-argparse sphinxcontrib-wavedrom
     ] ++
       lib.optional (isLatexPdfTarget target) latex ++
diff --git a/artiq/pkgs/python-deps.nix b/artiq/pkgs/python-deps.nix
index c36001f..2084ebe 100644
--- a/artiq/pkgs/python-deps.nix
+++ b/artiq/pkgs/python-deps.nix
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ rec {
 
 
   # Documentation building dependencies
-  # sphinx-argparse will be included in nixpkgs 19.03
+  # TODO: sphinx-argparse will be available from nixos-19.XX
   sphinx-argparse = python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "sphinx-argparse";
     version = "0.2.5";
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ rec {
     };
 
     checkInputs = [ python3Packages.pytest ];
+
     checkPhase = "py.test";
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ python3Packages.sphinx ];
@@ -226,7 +227,6 @@ rec {
 
     buildInputs = [ python3Packages.setuptools_scm ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ svgwrite attrdict ];
-
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ rec {
     };
   };
 
-  sphinxcontrib-wavedrom = python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+  sphinxcontrib-wavedrom-1_3_1 = python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "sphinxcontrib-wavedrom";
     version = "1.3.1";
 
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ rec {
     };
 
     buildInputs = [ python3Packages.setuptools_scm ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ wavedrom ] ++ (with python3Packages; [ sphinx cairosvg xcffib ]);
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ python3Packages.sphinx ];
+    doCheck = false;
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       description = "A Sphinx extension that allows including WaveDrom diagrams";
@@ -254,4 +255,29 @@ rec {
       license     = licenses.mit;
     };
   };
+
+  sphinxcontrib-wavedrom-2_0_0 = python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+    pname = "sphinxcontrib-wavedrom";
+    version = "2.0.0";
+
+    src = python3Packages.fetchPypi {
+      inherit pname version;
+      sha256 = "0nk36zqq5ipxqx9izz2iazb3iraasanv3nm05bjr21gw42zgkz22";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ python3Packages.setuptools_scm ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ wavedrom ] ++ (with python3Packages; [ sphinx xcffib cairosvg ]);
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "A Sphinx extension that allows including WaveDrom diagrams";
+      homepage    = "https://pypi.org/project/sphinxcontrib-wavedrom/";
+      license     = licenses.mit;
+    };
+  };
+
+  sphinxcontrib-wavedrom =
+    if builtins.compareVersions python3Packages.sphinx.version "1.8" == -1
+    then sphinxcontrib-wavedrom-1_3_1
+    else sphinxcontrib-wavedrom-2_0_0;
 }