diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/moviepy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/moviepy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63613b51686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/moviepy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, numpy
+, decorator
+, imageio
+, tqdm
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "moviepy";
+  version = "0.2.2.11";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "d937d817e534efc54eaee2fc4c0e70b48fcd81e1528cd6425f22178704681dc3";
+  };
+
+  # No tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy decorator imageio tqdm ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Video editing with Python";
+    homepage = http://zulko.github.io/moviepy/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d95b17bcd7f..4228ad2f35f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2775,25 +2775,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  moviepy = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "moviepy-${version}";
-    version = "0.2.2.11";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/m/moviepy/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "d937d817e534efc54eaee2fc4c0e70b48fcd81e1528cd6425f22178704681dc3";
-    };
-
-    # No tests
-    doCheck = false;
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ numpy decorator imageio tqdm ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Video editing with Python";
-      homepage = http://zulko.github.io/moviepy/;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  moviepy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/moviepy { };
 
   mozterm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mozterm { };