diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/joblib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/joblib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6ead8c8266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/joblib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, sphinx
+, numpydoc
+, isPy3k
+, stdenv
+}:
+
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "joblib";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  version = "0.10.3";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "29b2965a9efbc90a5fe66a389ae35ac5b5b0c1feabfc7cab7fd5d19f429a071d";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose sphinx numpydoc ];
+
+  # Failing test on Python 3.x and Darwin
+  postPatch = '''' + lib.optionalString (isPy3k || stdenv.isDarwin) ''
+    sed -i -e '70,84d' joblib/test/test_format_stack.py
+    # test_nested_parallel_warnings: ValueError: Non-zero return code: -9.
+    # Not sure why but it's nix-specific. Try removing for new joblib releases.
+    rm joblib/test/test_parallel.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Lightweight pipelining: using Python functions as pipeline jobs";
+    homepage = http://pythonhosted.org/joblib/;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7c06159eaa3..07e9bce555d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7896,31 +7896,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  joblib = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "joblib";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    version = "0.10.3";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/${builtins.substring 0 1 pname}/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "29b2965a9efbc90a5fe66a389ae35ac5b5b0c1feabfc7cab7fd5d19f429a071d";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose sphinx numpydoc ];
-
-    # Failing test on Python 3.x and Darwin
-    postPatch = '''' + optionalString (isPy3k || stdenv.isDarwin) ''
-      sed -i -e '70,84d' joblib/test/test_format_stack.py
-      # test_nested_parallel_warnings: ValueError: Non-zero return code: -9.
-      # Not sure why but it's nix-specific. Try removing for new joblib releases.
-      rm joblib/test/test_parallel.py
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Lightweight pipelining: using Python functions as pipeline jobs";
-      homepage = http://pythonhosted.org/joblib/;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  joblib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/joblib { };
 
   safe = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.4";