diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jmespath/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jmespath/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4755b45eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jmespath/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, ply
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jmespath";
+  version = "0.9.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0g9xvl69y7nr3w7ag4fsp6sm4fqf6vrqjw7504x2hzrrsh3ampq8";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ply ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/boto/jmespath;
+    description = "JMESPath allows you to declaratively specify how to extract elements from a JSON document";
+    license = "BSD";
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6df28e5bcf1..16bead6f074 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5619,23 +5619,7 @@ in {
 
   jinja2_pluralize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jinja2_pluralize { };
 
-  jmespath = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "jmespath-0.9.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jmespath/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0g9xvl69y7nr3w7ag4fsp6sm4fqf6vrqjw7504x2hzrrsh3ampq8";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ ply ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/boto/jmespath;
-      description = "JMESPath allows you to declaratively specify how to extract elements from a JSON document";
-      license = "BSD";
-    };
-  };
+  jmespath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jmespath { };
 
   journalwatch = callPackage ../tools/system/journalwatch {
     inherit (self) systemd pytest;