diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/multipledispatch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/multipledispatch/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1c39210607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/multipledispatch/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "multipledispatch";
+  version = "0.4.9";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "bda6abb8188d9abb429bd17ed15bc7433f77f1b05a78cfff761711ed81daa7a2";
+  };
+
+  # No tests in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://github.com/mrocklin/multipledispatch/;
+    description = "A relatively sane approach to multiple dispatch in Python";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8caf6aaaff9..b1fb4958eea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12163,25 +12163,7 @@ in {
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ eventlib application gnutls ];
   };
 
-  multipledispatch = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "multipledispatch-${version}";
-    version = "0.4.9";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/m/multipledispatch/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "bda6abb8188d9abb429bd17ed15bc7433f77f1b05a78cfff761711ed81daa7a2";
-    };
-
-    # No tests in archive
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://github.com/mrocklin/multipledispatch/;
-      description = "A relatively sane approach to multiple dispatch in Python";
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ fridh ];
-    };
-  };
+  multipledispatch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/multipledispatch { };
 
   multiprocess = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "multiprocess-${version}";