diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nose/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nose/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bec5156d22e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nose/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+, coverage
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.3.7";
+  pname = "nose";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "f1bffef9cbc82628f6e7d7b40d7e255aefaa1adb6a1b1d26c69a8b79e6208a98";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ coverage ];
+
+  doCheck = false;  # lot's of transient errors, too much hassle
+  checkPhase = if python.is_py3k or false then ''
+    ${python}/bin/${python.executable} setup.py build_tests
+  '' else "" + ''
+    rm functional_tests/test_multiprocessing/test_concurrent_shared.py* # see https://github.com/nose-devs/nose/commit/226bc671c73643887b36b8467b34ad485c2df062
+    ${python}/bin/${python.executable} selftest.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A unittest-based testing framework for python that makes writing and running tests easier";
+    homepage = http://readthedocs.org/docs/nose/;
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 849488a0884..a30033615df 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2977,29 +2977,7 @@ in {
 
   nodeenv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nodeenv { };
 
-  nose = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "1.3.7";
-    name = "nose-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/n/nose/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "f1bffef9cbc82628f6e7d7b40d7e255aefaa1adb6a1b1d26c69a8b79e6208a98";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ self.coverage ];
-
-    doCheck = false;  # lot's of transient errors, too much hassle
-    checkPhase = if python.is_py3k or false then ''
-      ${python}/bin/${python.executable} setup.py build_tests
-    '' else "" + ''
-      rm functional_tests/test_multiprocessing/test_concurrent_shared.py* # see https://github.com/nose-devs/nose/commit/226bc671c73643887b36b8467b34ad485c2df062
-      ${python}/bin/${python.executable} selftest.py
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A unittest-based testing framework for python that makes writing and running tests easier";
-    };
-  };
+  nose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose { };
 
   nose-exclude = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose-exclude { };