diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibconfig2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibconfig2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6cea70c57089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibconfig2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pyparsing }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pylibconfig2";
+  version = "0.2.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1iwm11v0ghv2pq2cyvly7gdwrhxsx6iwi581fz46l0snhgcd4sqq";
+  };
+
+  # tests not included in the distribution
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyparsing ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/heinzK1X/pylibconfig2;
+    description = "Pure python library for libconfig syntax";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b695372fe96a..bf2906be53f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9887,25 +9887,7 @@ in {
 
   pybase64 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pybase64 { };
 
-  pylibconfig2 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pylibconfig2-${version}";
-    version = "0.2.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pylibconfig2/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0kyg6gldj6hi2jhc5xhi834bb2mcaiy24dvfik963shnldqr7kqg";
-    };
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self ; [ pyparsing ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/heinzK1X/pylibconfig2;
-      description = "Pure python library for libconfig syntax";
-      license = licenses.gpl3;
-    };
-  };
+  pylibconfig2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylibconfig2 { };
 
   pylibmc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylibmc {};