diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/area53/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/area53/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f0b95d87853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/area53/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, boto }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "Area53";
+  version = "0.94";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0v9b7f8b6v21y410anx5sr52k2ac8jrzdf19q6m6p0zsdsf9vr42";
+  };
+
+  # error: invalid command 'test'
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ boto ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a9ac5fda804a..3d38ff7b2207 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -617,20 +617,7 @@ in {
 
   argcomplete = callPackage ../development/python-modules/argcomplete { };
 
-  area53 = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "Area53-0.94";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/A/Area53/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0v9b7f8b6v21y410anx5sr52k2ac8jrzdf19q6m6p0zsdsf9vr42";
-    };
-
-    # error: invalid command 'test'
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ self.boto ];
-
-  });
+  area53 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/area53 { };
 
   chai = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "chai-${version}";