diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pastedeploy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pastedeploy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..433a67da51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pastedeploy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.5.2";
+  pname = "PasteDeploy";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "d5858f89a255e6294e63ed46b73613c56e3b9a2d82a42f1df4d06c8421a9e3cb";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Load, configure, and compose WSGI applications and servers";
+    homepage = http://pythonpaste.org/deploy/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4b55612bdc0..a41b307406d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3103,23 +3103,7 @@ in {
 
   paste = callPackage ../development/python-modules/paste { };
 
-  PasteDeploy = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "1.5.2";
-    name = "paste-deploy-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/P/PasteDeploy/PasteDeploy-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "d5858f89a255e6294e63ed46b73613c56e3b9a2d82a42f1df4d06c8421a9e3cb";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Load, configure, and compose WSGI applications and servers";
-      homepage = http://pythonpaste.org/deploy/;
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+   PasteDeploy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pastedeploy { };
 
    pasteScript = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "1.7.5";