diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_location/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_location/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be7d50025d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_location/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, zope_proxy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zope.location";
+  version = "4.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1nj9da4ksiyv3h8n2vpzwd0pb03mdsh7zy87hfpx72b6p2zcwg74";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_proxy ];
+
+  # ignore circular dependency on zope_schema
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -i '/zope.schema/d' setup.py
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.location/;
+    description = "Zope Location";
+    license = licenses.zpl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a634b21b714..38933d9c440 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4206,28 +4206,7 @@ in {
 
   zope_lifecycleevent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_lifecycleevent { };
 
-  zope_location = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "zope.location-4.0.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/z/zope.location/zope.location-4.0.3.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1nj9da4ksiyv3h8n2vpzwd0pb03mdsh7zy87hfpx72b6p2zcwg74";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ zope_proxy ];
-
-    # ignore circular dependency on zope_schema
-    preBuild = ''
-      sed -i '/zope.schema/d' setup.py
-    '';
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-    };
-  };
-
+  zope_location = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_location { };
 
   zope_proxy = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "zope.proxy-4.1.6";