diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmllaundry/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmllaundry/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..787163d477e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmllaundry/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi, nose
+, six
+, lxml
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "htmllaundry";
+  version = "2.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "e428cba78d5a965e959f5dac2eb7d5f7d627dd889990d5efa8d4e03f3dd768d9";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six lxml ];
+
+  # some tests fail, probably because of changes in lxml
+  # not relevant for me, if releavnt for you, fix it...
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Simple HTML cleanup utilities";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    homepage = https://pypi.org/project/htmllaundry/;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c5252c3d38d4..bf5d9b789b54 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2448,27 +2448,7 @@ in {
 
   hetzner = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hetzner { };
 
-  htmllaundry = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "htmllaundry-2.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/h/htmllaundry/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "e428cba78d5a965e959f5dac2eb7d5f7d627dd889990d5efa8d4e03f3dd768d9";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six lxml ];
-
-    # some tests fail, probably because of changes in lxml
-    # not relevant for me, if releavnt for you, fix it...
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Simple HTML cleanup utilities";
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
-
+  htmllaundry = callPackage ../development/python-modules/htmllaundry { };
 
   html5lib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/html5lib { };