diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/futures/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/futures/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4a39c39c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/futures/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k, python }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "futures";
+  version = "3.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1z9j05fdj2yszjmz4pmjhl2jdnwhdw80cjwfqq3ci0yx19gv9v2i";
+  };
+
+  # This module is for backporting functionality to Python 2.x, it's builtin in py3k
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
+  '';
+
+  # Tests fail
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Backport of the concurrent.futures package from Python 3.2";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/agronholm/pythonfutures";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0074f05d433..6c563ccee4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5950,32 +5950,7 @@ in {
     };
   });
 
-  futures = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "futures-${version}";
-    version = "3.1.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/f/futures/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1z9j05fdj2yszjmz4pmjhl2jdnwhdw80cjwfqq3ci0yx19gv9v2i";
-    };
-
-    # This module is for backporting functionality to Python 2.x, it's builtin in py3k
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-        ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
-    '';
-
-    # Tests fail
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Backport of the concurrent.futures package from Python 3.2";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/agronholm/pythonfutures";
-      license = licenses.bsd2;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
-    };
-  };
+  futures = callPackage ../development/python-modules/futures { };
 
   futures_2_2 = self.futures.override rec {
     version = "2.2.0";