diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools_scm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools_scm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..260f899f56d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools_scm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pip }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "setuptools_scm";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  version = "1.15.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0pzvfmx8s20yrgkgwfbxaspz2x1g38qv61jpm0ns91lrb22ldas9";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pip ];
+
+  # Seems to fail due to chroot and would cause circular dependency
+  # with pytest
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools_scm/;
+    description = "Handles managing your python package versions in scm metadata";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgeerds ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4a4f0231e15..4f3c5327cfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -21025,31 +21025,7 @@ in {
     '';
   };
 
-  setuptools_scm = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "setuptools_scm-${version}";
-    version = "1.15.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/setuptools_scm/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0bwyc5markib0i7i2qlyhdzxhiywzxbkfiapldma8m91m82jvwfs";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pip ];
-    checkInputs = with self; [ pytest ];
-    # Seems to fail due to chroot
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      py.test
-    '';
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      homepage = https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools_scm/;
-      description = "Handles managing your python package versions in scm metadata";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgeerds ];
-    };
-  };
+  setuptools_scm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/setuptools_scm { };
 
   setuptools_scm_18 = self.setuptools_scm.override rec {
     name = "setuptools_scm-${version}";