diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonpointer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonpointer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c07a4bf3a358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonpointer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jsonpointer";
+  version = "1.9";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "39403b47a71aa782de6d80db3b78f8a5f68ad8dfc9e674ca3bb5b32c15ec7308";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Resolve JSON Pointers in Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/stefankoegl/python-json-pointer";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2; # "Modified BSD license, says pypi"
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0e0be30c48ab..a38509b109c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1926,20 +1926,7 @@ in {
 
   jsonpickle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonpickle { };
 
-  jsonpointer = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "jsonpointer-1.9";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jsonpointer/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "39403b47a71aa782de6d80db3b78f8a5f68ad8dfc9e674ca3bb5b32c15ec7308";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Resolve JSON Pointers in Python";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/stefankoegl/python-json-pointer";
-      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2; # "Modified BSD license, says pypi"
-    };
-  };
+  jsonpointer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonpointer { };
 
   jsonrpclib = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "jsonrpclib-${version}";