diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xstatic-pygments/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xstatic-pygments/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ec9b77860c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xstatic-pygments/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, lib
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "XStatic-Pygments";
+  version = "1.6.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version pname;
+    sha256 = "0fjqgg433wfdnswn7fad1g6k2x6mf24wfnay2j82j0fwgkdxrr7m";
+  };
+
+  # no tests implemented
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib;{
+    homepage = http://pygments.org;
+    description = "pygments packaged static files for python";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ makefu ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 53f5cf063d84..78491a1c0901 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20479,21 +20479,7 @@ EOF
 
   xstatic-jquery-ui = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xstatic-jquery-ui {};
 
-  xstatic-pygments = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "XStatic-Pygments-${version}";
-    version = "1.6.0.1";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/X/XStatic-Pygments/XStatic-Pygments-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0fjqgg433wfdnswn7fad1g6k2x6mf24wfnay2j82j0fwgkdxrr7m";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://pygments.org;
-      description = "pygments packaged static files for python";
-      license = licenses.bsd2;
-      maintainers = [ maintainers.makefu ];
-    };
-  };
+  xstatic-pygments = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xstatic-pygments {};
 
   xvfbwrapper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xvfbwrapper {
     inherit (pkgs.xorg) xorgserver;