diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsedatetime/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsedatetime/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6548e39078e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsedatetime/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, pytestrunner
+, future
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "parsedatetime";
+  version = "2.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1vkrmd398s11h1zn3zaqqsiqhj9lwy1ikcg6irx2lrgjzjg3rjll";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest pytestrunner ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ future ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Parse human-readable date/time text";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bear/parsedatetime";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0a1114ae6d3..7d7eb0415bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3081,24 +3081,7 @@ in {
 
   pamqp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pamqp { };
 
-  parsedatetime = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "parsedatetime-${version}";
-    version = "2.3";
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Parse human-readable date/time text";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/bear/parsedatetime";
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest pytestrunner ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ future ];
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-        url = "mirror://pypi/p/parsedatetime/${name}.tar.gz";
-        sha256 = "1vkrmd398s11h1zn3zaqqsiqhj9lwy1ikcg6irx2lrgjzjg3rjll";
-    };
-  };
+  parsedatetime = callPackage ../development/python-modules/parsedatetime { };
 
   paramiko = callPackage ../development/python-modules/paramiko { };