diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonpatch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonpatch/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..39f36b1d9494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonpatch/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, jsonpointer
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jsonpatch";
+  version = "1.16";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "f025c28a08ce747429ee746bb21796c3b6417ec82288f8fe6514db7398f2af8a";
+  };
+
+  # test files are missing
+  doCheck = false;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jsonpointer ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Library to apply JSON Patches according to RFC 6902";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/stefankoegl/python-json-patch";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2; # "Modified BSD license, says pypi"
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index eb7305214825..3b16bd364449 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6785,22 +6785,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  jsonpatch = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "jsonpatch-1.11";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jsonpatch/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "22d0bc0f5522a4a03dd9fb4c4cdf7c1f03256546c88be4c61e5ceabd22280e47";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ jsonpointer ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Library to apply JSON Patches according to RFC 6902";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/stefankoegl/python-json-patch";
-      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2; # "Modified BSD license, says pypi"
-    };
-  };
+  jsonpatch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonpatch { };
 
   jsonpointer = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "jsonpointer-1.9";