diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyptlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyptlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6349b56b474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyptlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPyPy
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyptlib";
+  version = "0.0.6";
+  disabled = isPyPy || isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "01y6vbwncqb0hxlnin6whd9wrrm5my4qzjhk76fnix78v7ip515r";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;  # No such file or directory errors on 32bit
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://pypi.org/project/pyptlib/;
+    description = "A python implementation of the Pluggable Transports for Circumvention specification for Tor";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f9b264a65f5..9d97654c704 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3388,22 +3388,7 @@ in {
 
   pyparted = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyparted { };
 
-  pyptlib = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "pyptlib-${version}";
-    disabled = isPyPy || isPy3k;
-    version = "0.0.6";
-
-    doCheck = false;  # No such file or directory errors on 32bit
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pyptlib/pyptlib-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "01y6vbwncqb0hxlnin6whd9wrrm5my4qzjhk76fnix78v7ip515r";
-    };
-    meta = {
-      description = "A python implementation of the Pluggable Transports for Circumvention specification for Tor";
-      license = licenses.bsd2;
-    };
-  });
+  pyptlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyptlib { };
 
   pyqtgraph = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pyqtgraph-${version}";