diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pystache/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pystache/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee57c499548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pystache/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, python, fetchPypi, isPy3k, glibcLocales }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pystache-${version}";
+  version = "0.5.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "f7bbc265fb957b4d6c7c042b336563179444ab313fb93a719759111eabd3b85a";
+  };
+
+  LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
+
+  buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
+  '';
+
+  # SyntaxError Python 3
+  # https://github.com/defunkt/pystache/issues/181
+  doCheck = !isPy3k;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A framework-agnostic, logic-free templating system inspired by ctemplate and et";
+    homepage = https://github.com/defunkt/pystache;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 30c9de1c445..dfd6437550b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -559,6 +559,8 @@ in {
     slurm = pkgs.slurm;
   };
 
+  pystache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pystache { }; 
+
   pytest-tornado = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-tornado { };
 
   python-binance = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-binance { };
@@ -10333,34 +10335,6 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  pystache = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pystache-${version}";
-    version = "0.5.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pystache/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "f7bbc265fb957b4d6c7c042b336563179444ab313fb93a719759111eabd3b85a";
-    };
-
-    LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
-
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.glibcLocales ];
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
-    '';
-
-    # SyntaxError Python 3
-    # https://github.com/defunkt/pystache/issues/181
-    doCheck = !isPy3k;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A framework-agnostic, logic-free templating system inspired by ctemplate and et";
-      homepage = https://github.com/defunkt/pystache;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
-
   PyStemmer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pystemmer {};
 
   Pyro = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyro { };