diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/readme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/readme/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4bc7e1cc233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/readme/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, six
+, docutils
+, pygments
+, bleach
+, html5lib
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "readme";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "08j2w67nilczn1i5r7h22vag9673i6vnfhyq2rv27r1bdmi5a30m";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six docutils pygments bleach html5lib ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  # Tests fail, possibly broken.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Readme is a library for rendering readme descriptions for Warehouse";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pypa/readme";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index badf9adfc5b..be4a0fd0041 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3584,32 +3584,7 @@ in {
 
   restview = callPackage ../development/python-modules/restview { };
 
-  readme = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "readme-${version}";
-    version = "0.6.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/r/readme/readme-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "08j2w67nilczn1i5r7h22vag9673i6vnfhyq2rv27r1bdmi5a30m";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      six docutils pygments bleach html5lib
-    ];
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      py.test
-    '';
-
-    # Tests fail, possibly broken.
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Readme";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/pypa/readme";
-    };
-  };
+  readme = callPackage ../development/python-modules/readme { };
 
   readme_renderer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/readme_renderer { };