diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyalgotrade/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyalgotrade/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9752a71f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyalgotrade/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, numpy
+, scipy
+, pytz
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyalgotrade";
+  version = "0.16";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "a253617254194b91cfebae7bfd184cb109d4e48a8c70051b9560000a2c0f94b3";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy scipy pytz ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python Algorithmic Trading";
+    homepage = http://gbeced.github.io/pyalgotrade/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2f2cfe66d61..3a4ffd0afef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3243,24 +3243,7 @@ in {
 
   pyacoustid = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyacoustid { };
 
-  pyalgotrade = buildPythonPackage {
-    name = "pyalgotrade-0.16";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/P/PyAlgoTrade/PyAlgoTrade-0.16.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "a253617254194b91cfebae7bfd184cb109d4e48a8c70051b9560000a2c0f94b3";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ numpy scipy pytz ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python Algorithmic Trading";
-      homepage = http://gbeced.github.io/pyalgotrade/;
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-    };
-  };
-
+  pyalgotrade = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyalgotrade { };
 
   pyasn1 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyasn1 { };