diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pychef/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pychef/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3c4109dd93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pychef/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, six
+, requests
+, mock
+, unittest2
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname    = "PyChef";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0zdz8lw545cd3a34cpib7mdwnad83gr2mrrxyj3v74h4zhwabhmg";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six requests mock unittest2 ];
+
+  # FIXME
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://github.com/coderanger/pychef;
+    description = "Python implementation of a Chef API client";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 03793fb646f..f15f6c5d25c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3794,20 +3794,7 @@ in {
 
   pip2nix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pip2nix { };
 
-  pychef = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name    = "PyChef-${version}";
-    version = "0.3.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url    = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/f9/31/17cde137e3b8ada4d7c80fd4504264f2abed329a9a8100c3622a044c485e/PyChef-0.3.0.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0zdz8lw545cd3a34cpib7mdwnad83gr2mrrxyj3v74h4zhwabhmg";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six requests mock unittest2 ];
-
-    # FIXME
-    doCheck = false;
-  };
+  pychef = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pychef { };
 
   pydns =
     let