diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpclib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpclib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f3efdf627ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpclib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27, cjson }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jsonrpclib";
+  version = "0.1.7";
+
+  disabled = !isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "02vgirw2bcgvpcxhv5hf3yvvb4h5wzd1lpjx8na5psdmaffj6l3z";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cjson ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "JSON RPC client library";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/jsonrpclib/;
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.joachifm ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 116226428239..8fb12c45036b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2835,26 +2835,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  jsonrpclib = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "jsonrpclib-${version}";
-    version = "0.1.7";
-
-    disabled = !isPy27;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jsonrpclib/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "02vgirw2bcgvpcxhv5hf3yvvb4h5wzd1lpjx8na5psdmaffj6l3z";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ cjson ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "JSON RPC client library";
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/jsonrpclib/;
-      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
-      maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.joachifm ];
-    };
-  };
+  jsonrpclib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonrpclib { };
 
   jsonrpclib-pelix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonrpclib-pelix {};