diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/recaptcha_client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recaptcha_client/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09090540a5b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recaptcha_client/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonAtLeast
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "recaptcha-client";
+  version = "1.0.6";
+  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "28c6853c1d13d365b7dc71a6b05e5ffb56471f70a850de318af50d3d7c0dea2f";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A CAPTCHA for Python using the reCAPTCHA service";
+    homepage = http://recaptcha.net/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index eb1d331f9932..5f9749d576ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3526,21 +3526,7 @@ in {
 
   radicale_infcloud = callPackage ../development/python-modules/radicale_infcloud {};
 
-  recaptcha_client = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "recaptcha-client-1.0.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/r/recaptcha-client/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "28c6853c1d13d365b7dc71a6b05e5ffb56471f70a850de318af50d3d7c0dea2f";
-    };
-
-    disabled = isPy35 || isPy36;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A CAPTCHA for Python using the reCAPTCHA service";
-      homepage = http://recaptcha.net/;
-    };
-  };
+  recaptcha_client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/recaptcha_client { };
 
   rbtools = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "rbtools-0.7.2";