diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zbase32/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zbase32/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa860056fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zbase32/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptoolsDarcs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zbase32";
+  version = "1.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "2f44b338f750bd37b56e7887591bf2f1965bfa79f163b6afcbccf28da642ec56";
+  };
+
+  # Tests require `pyutil' so disable them to avoid circular references.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ setuptoolsDarcs ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "zbase32, a base32 encoder/decoder";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zbase32;
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2bb391de70e..90580f4507a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4160,26 +4160,7 @@ in {
     phantomjsSupport = false;
   };
 
-  zbase32 = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "zbase32-1.1.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/z/zbase32/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "2f44b338f750bd37b56e7887591bf2f1965bfa79f163b6afcbccf28da642ec56";
-    };
-
-    # Tests require `pyutil' so disable them to avoid circular references.
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ setuptoolsDarcs ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "zbase32, a base32 encoder/decoder";
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zbase32;
-      license = "BSD";
-    };
-  });
-
+  zbase32 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zbase32 { };
 
   zconfig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zconfig { };