diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8f863cab8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "twitter";
+  version = "1.15.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1m6b17irb9klc345k8174pni724jzy2973z2x2jg69h83hipjw2c";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Twitter API library";
+    license     = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2e93be7b420..ce0ad9cfbc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4011,23 +4011,7 @@ in {
 
   twill = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twill { };
 
-  twitter = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "twitter-${version}";
-    version = "1.15.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url    = "mirror://pypi/t/twitter/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1m6b17irb9klc345k8174pni724jzy2973z2x2jg69h83hipjw2c";
-    };
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Twitter API library";
-      license     = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
-    };
-  };
+  twitter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twitter { };
 
   twitter-common-collections = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname   = "twitter.common.collections";