diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rethinkdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rethinkdb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6d816d37c0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rethinkdb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rethinkdb";
+  version = "2.3.0.post6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "05qwkmq6kn437ywyjs02jxbry720gw39q4z4jdb0cnbbi76lwddm";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python driver library for the RethinkDB database server";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rethinkdb";
+    license = licenses.agpl3;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b2fa31d7a338..d864a580b294 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2137,23 +2137,7 @@ in {
 
   rawkit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rawkit { };
 
-  rethinkdb = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "rethinkdb-${version}";
-    version = "2.3.0.post6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/r/rethinkdb/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "05qwkmq6kn437ywyjs02jxbry720gw39q4z4jdb0cnbbi76lwddm";
-    };
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python driver library for the RethinkDB database server";
-      homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rethinkdb";
-      license = licenses.agpl3;
-    };
-  };
+  rethinkdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rethinkdb { };
 
   roman = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "2.0.0";