diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-levenshtein/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-levenshtein/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a16621da0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-levenshtein/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-Levenshtein";
+  version = "0.12.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1c9ybqcja31nghfcc8xxbbz9h60s9qi12b9hr4jyl69xbvg12fh3";
+  };
+
+  # No tests included in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Functions for fast computation of Levenshtein distance and string similarity";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/ztane/python-Levenshtein";
+    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aske ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2ce4f5cb984..80bb7a51a90 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5686,25 +5686,7 @@ in {
 
   python_openzwave = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python_openzwave { };
 
-  python-Levenshtein = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "python-Levenshtein-${version}";
-    version = "0.12.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/python-Levenshtein/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1c9ybqcja31nghfcc8xxbbz9h60s9qi12b9hr4jyl69xbvg12fh3";
-    };
-
-    # No tests included in archive
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Functions for fast computation of Levenshtein distance and string similarity";
-      homepage    = "https://github.com/ztane/python-Levenshtein";
-      license     = licenses.gpl2;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ aske ];
-    };
-  };
+  python-Levenshtein = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-levenshtein { };
 
   libcloud = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "libcloud-1.2.1";