diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sparqlwrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sparqlwrapper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44f16fbdfc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sparqlwrapper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, six
+, isodate
+, pyparsing
+, html5lib
+, keepalive
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "SPARQLWrapper";
+  version = "1.7.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1y12hpsfjd779yi29bhvl6g4vszadjvd8jw38z5rg77b034vxjnw";
+  };
+
+  # break circular dependency loop
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i '/rdflib/d' requirements.txt
+  '';
+
+  # Doesn't actually run tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six isodate pyparsing html5lib keepalive ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "This is a wrapper around a SPARQL service. It helps in creating the query URI and, possibly, convert the result into a more manageable format";
+    homepage = "http://rdflib.github.io/sparqlwrapper";
+    license = licenses.w3c;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 12627d6ca795..87f4c4a03f22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2330,32 +2330,7 @@ in {
 
   keyrings-alt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/keyrings-alt {};
 
-  SPARQLWrapper = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "SPARQLWrapper-${version}";
-    version = "1.7.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/S/SPARQLWrapper/SPARQLWrapper-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1y12hpsfjd779yi29bhvl6g4vszadjvd8jw38z5rg77b034vxjnw";
-    };
-
-    # break circular dependency loop
-    patchPhase = ''
-      sed -i '/rdflib/d' requirements.txt
-    '';
-
-    # Doesn't actually run tests
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      six isodate pyparsing html5lib keepalive
-    ];
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "This is a wrapper around a SPARQL service. It helps in creating the query URI and, possibly, convert the result into a more manageable format";
-      homepage = "http://rdflib.github.io/sparqlwrapper";
-    };
-  };
+  SPARQLWrapper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sparqlwrapper { };
 
   dulwich = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dulwich {
     inherit (pkgs) git glibcLocales;