diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/manuel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/manuel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1030ee215562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/manuel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, six
+, zope_testing
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "manuel";
+  version = "1.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1diyj6a8bvz2cdf9m0g2bbx9z2yjjnn3ylbg1zinpcjj6vldfx59";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six zope_testing ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A documentation builder";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/manuel;
+    license = licenses.zpl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9be36299647f..94bdcf014a8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5805,23 +5805,7 @@ in {
 
   marshmallow-sqlalchemy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marshmallow-sqlalchemy { };
 
-  manuel = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "manuel-${version}";
-    version = "1.8.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/m/manuel/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1diyj6a8bvz2cdf9m0g2bbx9z2yjjnn3ylbg1zinpcjj6vldfx59";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six zope_testing ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A documentation builder";
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/manuel;
-      license = licenses.zpl20;
-    };
-  };
+  manuel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/manuel { };
 
   mapsplotlib = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "mapsplotlib-${version}";