diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kitchen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kitchen/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6464696ff8f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kitchen/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "kitchen";
+  version = "1.2.4";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0ggv3p4x8jvmmzhp0xm00h6pvh1g0gmycw71rjwagnrj8n23vxrq";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Kitchen contains a cornucopia of useful code";
+    license = license.lgpl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mornfall ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f09dd8a67bf1..5ce435683647 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13593,17 +13593,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  kitchen = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "kitchen-1.1.1";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    meta.maintainers = with maintainers; [ mornfall ];
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/k/kitchen/kitchen-1.1.1.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0ki840hjk1q19w6icv0dj2jxb00966nwy9b1jib0dgdspj00yrr5";
-    };
-  });
+  kitchen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kitchen/default.nix { };
 
   pylast = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pylast-${version}";