diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tissue/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tissue/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ed47bdd028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tissue/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, pep8
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "tissue";
+  version = "0.9.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "7e34726c3ec8fae358a7faf62de172db15716f5582e5192a109e33348bd76c2e";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pep8 ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/WoLpH/tissue;
+    description = "Tissue - automated pep8 checker for nose";
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6cea55e485e..e0cdb78238f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4254,21 +4254,7 @@ in {
 
   testfixtures = callPackage ../development/python-modules/testfixtures {};
 
-  tissue = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "tissue-0.9.2";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/tissue/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "7e34726c3ec8fae358a7faf62de172db15716f5582e5192a109e33348bd76c2e";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pep8 ];
-
-    meta = {
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+  tissue = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tissue { };
 
   titlecase = callPackage ../development/python-modules/titlecase { };