diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/coverage/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/coverage/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..137cef06b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/coverage/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "coverage";
+  version = "4.4.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "7a9c44400ee0f3b4546066e0710e1250fd75831adc02ab99dda176ad8726f424";
+  };
+
+  # No tests in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+  checkInputs = [ mock ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Code coverage measurement for python";
+    homepage = http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 19199c13626..f611902a9fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3223,24 +3223,7 @@ in {
 
   coveralls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coveralls { };
 
-  coverage = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "coverage-4.0.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/c/coverage/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0nrd817pzjw1haaz6gambgwf4jdjnh9kyxkgj6l8qgl6hdxga45w";
-    };
-
-    # TypeError: __call__() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given
-    doCheck = !isPy3k;
-    buildInputs = with self; [ mock ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Code coverage measurement for python";
-      homepage = http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  coverage = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coverage { };
 
   covCore = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "cov-core-1.15.0";