diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tqdm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tqdm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a0dd6a3655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tqdm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, coverage
+, glibcLocales
+, flake8
+, matplotlib
+, pandas
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "tqdm";
+  version = "4.11.2";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "14baa7a9ea7723d46f60de5f8c6f20e840baa7e3e193bf0d9ec5fe9103a15254";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose coverage glibcLocales flake8 ];
+
+  LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Fast, Extensible Progress Meter";
+    homepage = https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm;
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 865a7512b91..570852d7bb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -25945,28 +25945,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  tqdm = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "tqdm-${version}";
-    version = "4.8.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/tqdm/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "bab05f8bb6efd2702ab6c532e5e6a758a66c0d2f443e09784b73e4066e6b3a37";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose coverage pkgs.glibcLocales flake8 ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ matplotlib pandas ];
-
-    LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
-
-    doCheck = false; # Many transient failures in performance tests and due to use of sleep
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A Fast, Extensible Progress Meter";
-      homepage = https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm;
-      license = with licenses; [ mit ];
-    };
-  };
+  tqdm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tqdm { };
 
   tqdm4 = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "tqdm-${version}";