diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipaddress/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipaddress/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5052c3dc2f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipaddress/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonAtLeast
+, python
+}:
+
+if (pythonAtLeast "3.3") then null else buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ipaddress";
+  version = "1.0.18";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1q8klj9d84cmxgz66073x1j35cplr3r77vx1znhxiwl5w74391ax";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} test_ipaddress.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Port of the 3.3+ ipaddress module to 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2";
+    homepage = https://github.com/phihag/ipaddress;
+    license = licenses.psfl;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4b5373ed87ee..39513bc8ee7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5589,24 +5589,7 @@ in {
 
   ipaddr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipaddr { };
 
-  ipaddress = if (pythonAtLeast "3.3") then null else buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "ipaddress-1.0.18";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/i/ipaddress/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1q8klj9d84cmxgz66073x1j35cplr3r77vx1znhxiwl5w74391ax";
-    };
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      ${python.interpreter} test_ipaddress.py
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Port of the 3.3+ ipaddress module to 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2";
-      homepage = https://github.com/phihag/ipaddress;
-      license = licenses.psfl;
-    };
-  };
+  ipaddress = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipaddress { };
 
   ipdb = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "ipdb-${version}";