diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/webhelpers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webhelpers/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..007f32f6cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webhelpers/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, routes
+, markupsafe
+, webob
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "WebHelpers";
+  version = "1.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "ea86f284e929366b77424ba9a89341f43ae8dee3cbeb8702f73bcf86058aa583";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ routes markupsafe webob nose ];
+
+  # TODO: failing tests https://bitbucket.org/bbangert/webhelpers/pull-request/1/fix-error-on-webob-123/diff
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://webhelpers.readthedocs.org/en/latest/;
+    description = "Web Helpers";
+    license = licenses.free;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 49481eafbb4..fd74e18e35f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4268,25 +4268,7 @@ in {
 
   websocket_client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/websockets_client { };
 
-
-  webhelpers = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "WebHelpers-1.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/W/WebHelpers/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "ea86f284e929366b77424ba9a89341f43ae8dee3cbeb8702f73bcf86058aa583";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ routes markupsafe webob nose ];
-
-    # TODO: failing tests https://bitbucket.org/bbangert/webhelpers/pull-request/1/fix-error-on-webob-123/diff
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+  webhelpers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/webhelpers { };
 
   whichcraft = callPackage ../development/python-modules/whichcraft { };