diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/anyjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/anyjson/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba32cf7ea695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/anyjson/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k, nose }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "anyjson";
+  version = "0.3.3";
+
+  # The tests are written in a python2 syntax but anyjson is python3 valid
+  doCheck = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "37812d863c9ad3e35c0734c42e0bf0320ce8c3bed82cd20ad54cb34d158157ba";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/anyjson/;
+    description = "Wrapper that selects the best available JSON implementation";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c56e8642abb3..96f8101b0439 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -513,24 +513,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  anyjson = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "anyjson-0.3.3";
-
-    # The tests are written in a python2 syntax but anyjson is python3 valid
-    doCheck = !isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/a/anyjson/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "37812d863c9ad3e35c0734c42e0bf0320ce8c3bed82cd20ad54cb34d158157ba";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ self.nose ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/anyjson/;
-      description = "Wrapper that selects the best available JSON implementation";
-    };
-  };
+  anyjson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/anyjson {};
 
   amqp = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "amqp-${version}";