diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-options/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-options/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36b18403fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twitter-common-options/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname   = "twitter.common.options";
+  version = "0.3.9";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0d1czag5mcxg0vcnlklspl2dvdab9kmznsycj04d3vggi158ljrd";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Twitter's optparse wrapper";
+    homepage    = "https://twitter.github.io/commons/";
+    license     = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0ca2da24ca7..c81dc75713e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4023,23 +4023,7 @@ in {
 
   twitter-common-log = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twitter-common-log { };
 
-  twitter-common-options = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname   = "twitter.common.options";
-    version = "0.3.9";
-    name    = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-    src = self.fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "0d1czag5mcxg0vcnlklspl2dvdab9kmznsycj04d3vggi158ljrd";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Twitter's optparse wrapper";
-      homepage    = "https://twitter.github.io/commons/";
-      license     = licenses.asl20;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
-    };
-  };
+  twitter-common-options = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twitter-common-options { };
 
   twine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twine { };