diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dropbox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dropbox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bdb406ffd6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dropbox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, pytestrunner, requests, urllib3, mock, setuptools }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dropbox";
+  version = "8.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0bixx80zjq0286dwm4zhg8bdhc8pqlrqy4n2jg7i6m6a4gv4gak5";
+  };
+
+  # Set DROPBOX_TOKEN environment variable to a valid token.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytestrunner ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests urllib3 mock setuptools ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A Python library for Dropbox's HTTP-based Core and Datastore APIs";
+    homepage = https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/docs;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e9fac82ffc1..cb26a1c870d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2203,25 +2203,7 @@ in {
 
   urllib3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/urllib3 {};
 
-  dropbox = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "dropbox-${version}";
-    version = "8.0.0";
-    doCheck = false; # Set DROPBOX_TOKEN environment variable to a valid token.
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/d/dropbox/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0bixx80zjq0286dwm4zhg8bdhc8pqlrqy4n2jg7i6m6a4gv4gak5";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytestrunner ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests urllib3 mock setuptools ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A Python library for Dropbox's HTTP-based Core and Datastore APIs";
-      homepage = https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/docs;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  dropbox = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dropbox {};
 
   ds4drv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ds4drv {
     inherit (pkgs) fetchFromGitHub bluez;