diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/frozendict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/frozendict/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ec8eff70c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/frozendict/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "frozendict";
+  version = "1.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0ibf1wipidz57giy53dh7mh68f2hz38x8f4wdq88mvxj5pr7jhbp";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/slezica/python-frozendict;
+    description = "An immutable dictionary";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1de6d8bafa3..b4028e01a4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2557,20 +2557,7 @@ in {
 
   fritzconnection = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fritzconnection { };
 
-  frozendict = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "frozendict-1.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/f/frozendict/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0ibf1wipidz57giy53dh7mh68f2hz38x8f4wdq88mvxj5pr7jhbp";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/slezica/python-frozendict;
-      description = "An immutable dictionary";
-      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  frozendict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/frozendict { };
 
   ftputil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ftputil { };