diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib_httpdomain/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib_httpdomain/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8416e9b3d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib_httpdomain/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, sphinx
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sphinxcontrib-httpdomain";
+  version = "1.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0srg8lwf4m1hyhz942fcdfxh689xphndngiidb575qmfbi89gc7a";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ sphinx ];
+
+  # Check is disabled due to this issue:
+  # https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/137/typeerror-unorderable-types-str-nonetype
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Provides a Sphinx domain for describing RESTful HTTP APIs";
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/sphinx-contrib;
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 602955278df..2baf62af4fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3882,28 +3882,7 @@ in {
 
   sphinxcontrib-openapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-openapi { };
 
-  sphinxcontrib_httpdomain = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "sphinxcontrib-httpdomain-1.5.0";
-
-    # Check is disabled due to this issue:
-    # https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/137/typeerror-unorderable-types-str-nonetype
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/sphinxcontrib-httpdomain/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0srg8lwf4m1hyhz942fcdfxh689xphndngiidb575qmfbi89gc7a";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [sphinx];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Provides a Sphinx domain for describing RESTful HTTP APIs";
-
-      homepage = https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/sphinx-contrib;
-
-      license = "BSD";
-    };
-  });
+  sphinxcontrib_httpdomain = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib_httpdomain { };
 
   sphinx-navtree = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx-navtree {};