diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twiggy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twiggy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..550ec327990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twiggy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "Twiggy";
+  version = "0.4.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "4e8f1894e5aee522db6cb245ccbfde3c5d1aa08d31330c7e3af783b0e66eec23";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://twiggy.wearpants.org;
+    # Taken from http://i.wearpants.org/blog/meet-twiggy/
+    description = "Twiggy is the first totally new design for a logger since log4j";
+    license     = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pierron ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 71bb5a31889..2e93be7b420 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4007,26 +4007,7 @@ in {
 
   tweepy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tweepy { };
 
-  twiggy = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "Twiggy-${version}";
-    version = "0.4.5";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url    = "mirror://pypi/T/Twiggy/Twiggy-0.4.5.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "4e8f1894e5aee522db6cb245ccbfde3c5d1aa08d31330c7e3af783b0e66eec23";
-    };
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://twiggy.wearpants.org;
-      # Taken from http://i.wearpants.org/blog/meet-twiggy/
-      description = "Twiggy is the first totally new design for a logger since log4j";
-      license     = licenses.bsd3;
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ pierron ];
-    };
-  };
+  twiggy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twiggy { };
 
   twill = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twill { };