diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_broken/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_broken/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df3a2053ebf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_broken/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, zope_interface
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zope.broken";
+  version = "3.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "b9b8776002da4f7b6b12dfcce77eb642ae62b39586dbf60e1d9bdc992c9f2999";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zope_interface ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.broken;
+    description = "Zope Broken Object Interfaces";
+    license = licenses.zpl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b1026b67b558..3234124cc598 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4184,21 +4184,7 @@ in {
 
   zetup = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zetup { };
 
-  zope_broken = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "zope.broken-3.6.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/z/zope.broken/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "b9b8776002da4f7b6b12dfcce77eb642ae62b39586dbf60e1d9bdc992c9f2999";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ zope_interface ];
-
-    meta = {
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-    };
-  };
-
+  zope_broken = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_broken { };
 
   zope_component = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "zope.component-4.2.1";