diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/webcolors/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webcolors/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c23bffaf142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webcolors/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "webcolors";
+  version = "1.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "e47e68644d41c0b1f1e4d939cfe4039bdf1ab31234df63c7a4f59d4766487206";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover -s tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Library for working with color names/values defined by the HTML and CSS specifications";
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/ubernostrum/webcolors/overview/;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1556ea17b46..5f31c45848a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18164,24 +18164,7 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
-  webcolors = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "webcolors-1.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/w/webcolors/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "304fc95dab2848c7bf64f378356766e692c2f8b4a8b15fa3509544e6412936e8";
-    };
-
-    # error: invalid command 'test'
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Library for working with color names/values defined by the HTML and CSS specifications";
-      homepage = https://bitbucket.org/ubernostrum/webcolors/overview/;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      platforms = platforms.unix;
-    };
-  };
+  webcolors = callPackage ../development/python-modules/webcolors { };
 
   webencodings = callPackage ../development/python-modules/webencodings { };