diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plumbum/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plumbum/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..216c163bc9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plumbum/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "plumbum";
+  version = "1.6.3";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  # No tests in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0249e708459f1b05627a7ca8787622c234e4db495a532acbbd1f1f17f28c7320";
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e0d977bb83c..979e089bdba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -19060,16 +19060,7 @@ in {
 
   };
 
-  plumbum = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "plumbum-1.5.0";
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ self.six ];
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/plumbum/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "b759f9e3b6771dff3332f01bc0683d1a56218f44d97942dabd906a0cd1cfb756";
-    };
-  };
+  plumbum = callPackage ../development/python-modules/plumbum { };
 
 
   polib = buildPythonPackage rec {