diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/agate-dbf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/agate-dbf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11409a11778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/agate-dbf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, agate, dbf, dbfread }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+    pname = "agate-dbf";
+    version = "0.2.0";
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ agate dbf dbfread ];
+
+    src = fetchPypi {
+      inherit pname version;
+      sha256 = "0pkk6m873xpqj77ja6ylmg8v41abpn4bvsqw6mh2hjyd0snw2rh6";
+    };
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "Adds read support for dbf files to agate";
+      homepage    = https://github.com/wireservice/agate-dbf;
+      license     = with licenses; [ mit ];
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8bb828402bb..45307356282 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -116,26 +116,10 @@ in {
 
   agate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/agate { };
 
+  agate-dbf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/agate-dbf { };
+
   phonenumbers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/phonenumbers { };
 
-  agate-dbf = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "agate-dbf-0.2.0";
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Adds read support for dbf files to agate";
-      homepage    = "https://github.com/wireservice/agate-dbf";
-      license     = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ agate dbf dbfread ];
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/a/agate-dbf/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0pkk6m873xpqj77ja6ylmg8v41abpn4bvsqw6mh2hjyd0snw2rh6";
-    };
-  };
-
   agate-excel = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "agate-excel-0.2.1";