diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/interruptingcow/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/interruptingcow/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24a9abb625ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/interruptingcow/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "interruptingcow";
+  version = "0.7";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0j6d0rbh8xjfw7bf8vcjld6q45i7vr9xsw5b9q6j87nhf4qhzx53";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A watchdog that interrupts long running code";
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/evzijst/interruptingcow;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ benley ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ccc9e4598437..3686861b036f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10550,22 +10550,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  interruptingcow = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "interruptingcow-${version}";
-    version = "0.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/i/interruptingcow/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1cv4pm2h0f87n9w4r3l1f96skwmng95sawn7j00ns0rdp1zshr9d";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A watchdog that interrupts long running code";
-      homepage = https://bitbucket.org/evzijst/interruptingcow;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ benley ];
-    };
-  };
+  interruptingcow = callPackage ../development/python-modules/interruptingcow {};
 
   iptools = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.6.1";