diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xstatic-jquery-file-upload/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xstatic-jquery-file-upload/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0cf029c68a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xstatic-jquery-file-upload/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, lib
+, fetchPypi
+, xstatic-jquery
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "XStatic-jQuery-File-Upload";
+  version = "9.7.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version pname;
+    sha256 = "0d5za18lhzhb54baxq8z73wazq801n3qfj5vgcz7ri3ngx7nb0cg";
+  };
+
+  # no tests implemented
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ xstatic-jquery ];
+
+  meta = with lib;{
+    homepage =  http://plugins.jquery.com/project/jQuery-File-Upload;
+    description = "jquery-file-upload packaged static files for python";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ makefu ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index acc4b086e6c..5f5737d7f13 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20475,22 +20475,7 @@ EOF
 
   xstatic-jquery = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xstatic-jquery {};
 
-  xstatic-jquery-file-upload = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "XStatic-jQuery-File-Upload-${version}";
-    version = "9.7.0.1";
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self;[ xstatic-jquery ];
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/X/XStatic-jQuery-File-Upload/XStatic-jQuery-File-Upload-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0d5za18lhzhb54baxq8z73wazq801n3qfj5vgcz7ri3ngx7nb0cg";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage =  http://plugins.jquery.com/project/jQuery-File-Upload;
-      description = "jquery-file-upload packaged static files for python";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = [ maintainers.makefu ];
-    };
-  };
+  xstatic-jquery-file-upload = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xstatic-jquery-file-upload {};
 
   xstatic-jquery-ui = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "XStatic-jquery-ui-${version}";