diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kazoo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kazoo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae9d15dd7866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kazoo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, six
+, eventlet
+, gevent
+, nose
+, mock
+, coverage
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "kazoo";
+  version = "2.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "10pb864if9qi2pq9lfb9m8f7z7ss6rml80gf1d9h64lap5crjnjj";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+  buildInputs = [ eventlet gevent nose mock coverage pkgs.openjdk8 ];
+
+  # not really needed
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -i '/flake8/d' setup.py
+  '';
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    sed -i 's/test_unicode_auth/noop/' kazoo/tests/test_client.py
+  '';
+
+  # tests take a long time to run and leave threads hanging
+  doCheck = false;
+  #ZOOKEEPER_PATH = "${pkgs.zookeeper}";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://kazoo.readthedocs.org";
+    description = "Higher Level Zookeeper Client";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dc74705f5e1a..0d17d417ca47 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3031,39 +3031,7 @@ in {
 
   zake = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zake { };
 
-  kazoo = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "kazoo-${version}";
-    version = "2.2.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/k/kazoo/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "10pb864if9qi2pq9lfb9m8f7z7ss6rml80gf1d9h64lap5crjnjj";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      six
-    ];
-    buildInputs = with self; [
-      eventlet gevent nose mock coverage pkgs.openjdk8
-    ];
-
-    # not really needed
-    preBuild = ''
-      sed -i '/flake8/d' setup.py
-    '';
-
-    preCheck = ''
-      sed -i 's/test_unicode_auth/noop/' kazoo/tests/test_client.py
-    '';
-
-    # tests take a long time to run and leave threads hanging
-    doCheck = false;
-    #ZOOKEEPER_PATH = "${pkgs.zookeeper}";
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      homepage = "https://kazoo.readthedocs.org";
-    };
-  };
+  kazoo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kazoo { };
 
   FormEncode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/FormEncode { };