diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/colour/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/colour/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..527696622831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/colour/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, d2to1 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "colour";
+  version = "0.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0w1j43l76zw10dvs2kk7jz7kqj2ss7gfgfdxyls27pckwin89gxb";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ d2to1 ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Converts and manipulates common color representation (RGB, HSV, web, ...)";
+    homepage = https://github.com/vaab/colour;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 41bf23998077..c32dd5ad9e77 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1123,24 +1123,7 @@ in {
 
   colorlog = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colorlog { };
 
-  colour = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    pname = "colour";
-    version = "0.1.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/c/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0w1j43l76zw10dvs2kk7jz7kqj2ss7gfgfdxyls27pckwin89gxb";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ d2to1 ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Converts and manipulates common color representation (RGB, HSV, web, ...)";
-      homepage = https://github.com/vaab/colour;
-      license = licenses.bsd2;
-    };
-  };
+  colour = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colour {};
 
   constantly = callPackage ../development/python-modules/constantly { };