diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pg8000/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pg8000/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65301a8c4067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pg8000/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytz
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pg8000";
+  version = "1.10.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "188658db63c2ca931ae1bf0167b34efaac0ecc743b707f0118cc4b87e90ce488";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pytz ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/realazthat/aiopg8000;
+    description = "PostgreSQL interface library, for asyncio";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2fd95d1970cd..e46b7faab719 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3135,23 +3135,9 @@ in {
 
   pdfkit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdfkit { };
 
-    periodictable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/periodictable { };
+  periodictable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/periodictable { };
 
-  pg8000 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pg8000-1.10.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pg8000/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "188658db63c2ca931ae1bf0167b34efaac0ecc743b707f0118cc4b87e90ce488";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pytz ];
-
-    meta = {
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-    };
-  };
+  pg8000 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pg8000 { };
 
   pgspecial = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pgspecial { };