diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipdb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3203963b29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipdb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, ipython
+, isPyPy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ipdb";
+  version = "0.8.1";
+  disabled = isPyPy;  # setupterm: could not find terminfo database
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "1763d1564113f5eb89df77879a8d3213273c4d7ff93dcb37a3070cdf0c34fd7c";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ipython ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb;
+    description = "IPython-enabled pdb";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 39513bc8ee7..2bebd5a01fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5591,17 +5591,7 @@ in {
 
   ipaddress = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipaddress { };
 
-  ipdb = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "ipdb-${version}";
-    version = "0.8.1";
-
-    disabled = isPyPy;  # setupterm: could not find terminfo database
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/i/ipdb/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "1763d1564113f5eb89df77879a8d3213273c4d7ff93dcb37a3070cdf0c34fd7c";
-    };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ ipython ];
-  };
+  ipdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipdb { };
 
   ipdbplugin = buildPythonPackage {
     name = "ipdbplugin-1.4";