diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a72338143a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, six, requests-cache, pygments, pyquery }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "howdoi";
+  version = "1.1.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1dx9ms0b3z3bx02paj78cyi788d8l6cpd3jqbn3j88w736i4jknz";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six requests-cache pygments pyquery ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Instant coding answers via the command line";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/howdoi;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9cd94f5be915..1b7ff1d23fb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2061,23 +2061,7 @@ in {
 
   requests-unixsocket = callPackage ../development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket {};
 
-  howdoi = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "howdoi-${version}";
-    version = "1.1.7";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/h/howdoi/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "df4e49a219872324875d588e7699a1a82174a267e8487505e86bfcb180aea9b7";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ self.six requests-cache pygments pyquery ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Instant coding answers via the command line";
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/howdoi;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  });
+  howdoi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/howdoi {};
 
   neurotools = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "NeuroTools-${version}";