diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/livereload/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/livereload/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fba324d43930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/livereload/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, django
+, tornado
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "livereload";
+  version = "2.5.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0b2yyfnpddmrwjfqsndidzchkf3l9jlgzfkwl8dplim9gq6y2ba2";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose django ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ tornado six ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Runs a local server that reloads as you develop";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/lepture/python-livereload";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3e24dd180c86..f1142c6b31f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11174,27 +11174,7 @@ in {
 
   linode-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/linode-api { };
 
-  livereload = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "livereload-${version}";
-    version = "2.5.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "lepture";
-      repo = "python-livereload";
-      rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "0ixsc7wibmkfk9fnyq0d1b5d9snxfpzzzgsxvq28rn54v6q8b7m2";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose django ];
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ tornado six ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Runs a local server that reloads as you develop";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/lepture/python-livereload";
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  livereload = callPackage ../development/python-modules/livereload { };
 
   llfuse = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "llfuse-1.0";