diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/translationstring/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/translationstring/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56640a4c067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/translationstring/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "translationstring";
+  version = "1.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "4ee44cfa58c52ade8910ea0ebc3d2d84bdcad9fa0422405b1801ec9b9a65b72d";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://pylonsproject.org/;
+    description = "Utility library for i18n relied on by various Repoze and Pyramid packages";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a4ae0feba5b..1bde981011f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4260,20 +4260,7 @@ in {
 
   tracing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tracing { };
 
-  translationstring = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "translationstring-1.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/translationstring/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "4ee44cfa58c52ade8910ea0ebc3d2d84bdcad9fa0422405b1801ec9b9a65b72d";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
-
+  translationstring = callPackage ../development/python-modules/translationstring { };
 
   ttystatus = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "ttystatus-${version}";