diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_configuration/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_configuration/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46ad9bd0e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_configuration/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, zope_i18nmessageid
+, zope_schema
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zope.configuration";
+  version = "4.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1x9dfqypgympnlm25p9m43xh4qv3p7d75vksv9pzqibrb4cggw5n";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_i18nmessageid zope_schema ];
+
+  # Trouble with implicit namespace packages on Python3
+  # see https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/912
+  doCheck = !isPy3k;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Zope Configuration Markup Language (ZCML)";
+    homepage = https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.configuration;
+    license = licenses.zpl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c4149aa844c..269e18ed174 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4188,25 +4188,7 @@ in {
 
   zope_component = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_component { };
 
-  zope_configuration = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "zope.configuration-4.0.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/z/zope.configuration/zope.configuration-4.0.3.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1x9dfqypgympnlm25p9m43xh4qv3p7d75vksv9pzqibrb4cggw5n";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ zope_i18nmessageid zope_schema ];
-
-    # Trouble with implicit namespace packages on Python3
-    # see https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/912
-    doCheck = !isPy3k;
-
-    meta = {
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-    };
-  };
-
+  zope_configuration = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_configuration { };
 
   zope_contenttype = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "zope.contenttype-4.0.1";