diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15c0d921ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pbr";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0ccd2db529afd070df815b1521f01401d43de03941170f8a800e7531faba265d";
+  };
+
+  # circular dependencies with fixtures
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://docs.openstack.org/developer/pbr/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
+    description = "Python Build Reasonableness";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6f730930061..990d4617c01 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18359,26 +18359,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  pbr = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pbr-${version}";
-    version = "1.8.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pbr/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0jcny36cf3s8ar5r4a575npz080hndnrfs4np1fqhv0ym4k7c4p2";
-    };
-
-    # circular dependencies with fixtures
-    doCheck = false;
-    #buildInputs = with self; [ testtools testscenarios testresources
-    #  testrepository fixtures ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python Build Reasonableness";
-      homepage = "http://docs.openstack.org/developer/pbr/";
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-    };
-  };
+  pbr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pbr { };
 
   fixtures = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "fixtures-1.4.0";