diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/httplib2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httplib2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..197e646027c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httplib2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "httplib2";
+  version = "0.11.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1pyb0hmc0j0kcy27yiw38gq9pk7f1fkny5k1vd13cdz6l3csw7g7";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = http://code.google.com/p/httplib2;
+    description = "A comprehensive HTTP client library";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3e2375637d2a..a97c023ca0fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6414,21 +6414,7 @@ in {
 
   httpbin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httpbin { };
 
-  httplib2 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "httplib2-0.9.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/h/httplib2/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "126rsryvw9vhbf3qmsfw9lf4l4xm2srmgs439lgma4cpag4s3ay3";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://code.google.com/p/httplib2;
-      description = "A comprehensive HTTP client library";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
-    };
-  };
+  httplib2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httplib2 { };
 
   hvac = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hvac { };