diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysocks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysocks/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83437cd1201a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysocks/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pysocks";
+  version = "1.6.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0h9zwr8z9j6l313ns335irjrkk6qnk4qzvwmjqygrp7mbwi9lh82";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "SOCKS module for Python";
+    license     = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e644e9792960..bd079b951b49 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3404,23 +3404,7 @@ in {
 
   pysnmp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysnmp { };
 
-  pysocks = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pysocks-${version}";
-    version = "1.6.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url    = "mirror://pypi/P/PySocks/PySocks-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0h9zwr8z9j6l313ns335irjrkk6qnk4qzvwmjqygrp7mbwi9lh82";
-    };
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "SOCKS module for Python";
-      license     = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
-    };
-  };
+  pysocks = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysocks { };
 
   python_fedora = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python_fedora {};