diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-slugify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-slugify/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03c37f7a6c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-slugify/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, unidecode, regex, isPy3k }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+    pname = "python-slugify";
+    version = "1.2.4";
+
+    src = fetchPypi {
+      inherit pname version;
+      sha256 = "097qllxys22kghcv2a5jcc1zdlr9zzqayvk6ywavsv8wgbgqb8sp";
+    };
+    doCheck = !isPy3k;
+    # (only) on python3 unittest loader (loadTestsFromModule) fails
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ unidecode regex ];
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify;
+      description = "A Python Slugify application that handles Unicode";
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      platforms = platforms.all;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6f46ee91d63..e08b0d502ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1488,27 +1488,7 @@ in {
     };
   }));
 
-  python-slugify = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "python-slugify-${version}";
-    version = "1.2.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/python-slugify/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "097qllxys22kghcv2a5jcc1zdlr9zzqayvk6ywavsv8wgbgqb8sp";
-    };
-    doCheck = false;
-    # (only) on python3 unittest loader (loadTestsFromModule) fails
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ unidecode regex ];
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      homepage = https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify;
-      description = "A Python Slugify application that handles Unicode";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
-    };
-  };
+  python-slugify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-slugify { };
 
   awesome-slugify = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "awesome-slugify-${version}";