diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/multi_key_dict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/multi_key_dict/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a094b373f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/multi_key_dict/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "multi_key_dict";
+  version = "2.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "17lkx4rf4waglwbhc31aak0f28c63zl3gx5k5i1iq2m3gb0xxsyy";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "multi_key_dict";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/formiaczek/multi_key_dict";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a0a34c114ad..1cdd18d3777 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2165,21 +2165,7 @@ in {
 
   py3status = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py3status {};
 
-  multi_key_dict = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "multi_key_dict-${version}";
-    version = "2.0.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/m/multi_key_dict/multi_key_dict-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "17lkx4rf4waglwbhc31aak0f28c63zl3gx5k5i1iq2m3gb0xxsyy";
-    };
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "multi_key_dict";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/formiaczek/multi_key_dict";
-    };
-  };
-
+  multi_key_dict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/multi_key_dict { };
 
   pyrtlsdr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyrtlsdr { };