diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bcdoc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bcdoc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c13fce802655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bcdoc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, docutils, six }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bcdoc";
+  version = "0.14.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1s2kdqs1n2mj7wq3w0pq30zs7vxq0l3abik2clqnc4hm2j7crbk8";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ docutils six ];
+
+  # Tests fail due to nix file timestamp normalization.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/botocore/bcdoc;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    description = "ReST document generation tools for botocore";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 658e8af9227e..3c283a02ddb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -923,25 +923,7 @@ in {
 
   batinfo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/batinfo {};
 
-  bcdoc = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "bcdoc-0.14.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/b/bcdoc/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1s2kdqs1n2mj7wq3w0pq30zs7vxq0l3abik2clqnc4hm2j7crbk8";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ docutils six ];
-
-    # Tests fail due to nix file timestamp normalization.
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/botocore/bcdoc;
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-      description = "ReST document generation tools for botocore";
-    };
-  };
+  bcdoc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bcdoc {};
 
   beautifulsoup4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/beautifulsoup4 { };