diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/timelib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/timelib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..39ff4b6de15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/timelib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "timelib";
+  version = "0.2.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "49142233bdb5971d64a41e05a1f80a408a02be0dc7d9f8c99e7bdd0613ba81cb";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Parse english textual date descriptions";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pediapress/timelib/";
+    license = licenses.zlib;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cb9142bb3c01..0f7b0ebd83fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3786,22 +3786,7 @@ in {
 
   tilestache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tilestache { };
 
-  timelib = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "timelib-0.2.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/timelib/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "49142233bdb5971d64a41e05a1f80a408a02be0dc7d9f8c99e7bdd0613ba81cb";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Parse english textual date descriptions";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/pediapress/timelib/";
-      license = licenses.zlib;
-    };
-  };
+  timelib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/timelib { };
 
   timeout-decorator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/timeout-decorator { };