diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/html5lib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/html5lib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d446caa9a56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/html5lib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, flake8
+, pytest
+, pytest-expect
+, mock
+, six
+, webencodings
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "html5lib";
+  version = "0.999999999";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1632ak23y4j78jdm24s6iqyf2kzfcmf6p4v141rd4a1hzl7pqx7f";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ flake8 pytest pytest-expect mock ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    six webencodings
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python;
+    downloadPage = https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/releases;
+    description = "HTML parser based on WHAT-WG HTML5 specification";
+    longDescription = ''
+      html5lib is a pure-python library for parsing HTML. It is designed to
+      conform to the WHATWG HTML specification, as is implemented by all
+      major web browsers.
+    '';
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ domenkozar prikhi ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8edc7a77acbf..a76068444355 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9196,37 +9196,7 @@ in {
   };
 
 
-  html5lib = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    version = "0.999999999";
-    name = "html5lib-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "09j6194f5mlnd5xwbavwvnndwl1x91jw74shxl6hcxjp4fxg3h05";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ flake8 pytest pytest-expect mock ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      six webencodings
-    ] ++ optionals isPy26 [ ordereddict ];
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      py.test
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python;
-      downloadPage = https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/releases;
-      description = "HTML parser based on WHAT-WG HTML5 specification";
-      longDescription = ''
-        html5lib is a pure-python library for parsing HTML. It is designed to
-        conform to the WHATWG HTML specification, as is implemented by all
-        major web browsers.
-      '';
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar prikhi ];
-    };
-  });
+  html5lib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/html5lib { };
 
   http_signature = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "http_signature-0.1.4";