diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyshp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyshp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4629331e52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyshp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, setuptools }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.2.3";
+  pname = "pyshp";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "e18cc19659dadc5ddaa891eb780a6958094da0cf105a1efe0f67e75b4fa1cdf9";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Pure Python read/write support for ESRI Shapefile format";
+    homepage = https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e606bac98c6..9831d302111 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17819,30 +17819,7 @@ in {
 
   pyrr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyrr { };
 
-    meta = {
-      description = "3D mathematical functions using NumPy";
-      homepage = https://github.com/adamlwgriffiths/Pyrr/;
-      license = licenses.bsd2;
-    };
-  };
-
-  pyshp = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pyshp-${version}";
-    version = "1.2.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pyshp/pyshp-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "e18cc19659dadc5ddaa891eb780a6958094da0cf105a1efe0f67e75b4fa1cdf9";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Pure Python read/write support for ESRI Shapefile format";
-      homepage = https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  pyshp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyshp { };
 
   pyspread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyspread { };