diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfribidi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfribidi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a5caca40650d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfribidi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, isPyPy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.11.0";
+  pname = "pyfribidi";
+  disabled = isPy3k || isPyPy;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "6f7d83c09eae0cb98a40b85ba3dedc31af4dbff8fc4425f244c1e9f44392fded";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A simple wrapper around fribidi";
+    homepage = https://github.com/pediapress/pyfribidi;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 150b9a65d5f6..ca197f0f05fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2374,22 +2374,7 @@ in {
 
   feedparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/feedparser { };
 
-  pyfribidi = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.11.0";
-    name = "pyfribidi-${version}";
-    disabled = isPy3k || isPyPy;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pyfribidi/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "6f7d83c09eae0cb98a40b85ba3dedc31af4dbff8fc4425f244c1e9f44392fded";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A simple wrapper around fribidi";
-      homepage = https://github.com/pediapress/pyfribidi;
-      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    };
-  };
+  pyfribidi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyfribidi { };
 
   docker_compose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docker_compose {};