diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/svgwrite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svgwrite/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79e03acd3599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svgwrite/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools
+, pyparsing
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "svgwrite";
+  version = "1.1.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1f018813072aa4d7e95e58f133acb3f68fa7de0a0d89ec9402cc38406a0ec5b8";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyparsing ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A Python library to create SVG drawings";
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/mozman/svgwrite;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 313aa0d50ad4..054e7343eb53 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3924,24 +3924,7 @@ in {
 
   structlog = callPackage ../development/python-modules/structlog { };
 
-  svgwrite = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "svgwrite-${version}";
-    version = "1.1.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/svgwrite/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1f018813072aa4d7e95e58f133acb3f68fa7de0a0d89ec9402cc38406a0ec5b8";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pyparsing ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A Python library to create SVG drawings";
-      homepage = https://bitbucket.org/mozman/svgwrite;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  svgwrite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/svgwrite { };
 
   freezegun = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "freezegun-${version}";