diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docopt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docopt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61c71d87c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docopt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "docopt";
+  version = "0.6.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "14f4hn6d1j4b99svwbaji8n2zj58qicyz19mm0x6pmhb50jsics9";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Pythonic argument parser, that will make you smile";
+    homepage = http://docopt.org/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c6dcbcafeae..f180eaa0dde 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2169,20 +2169,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  docopt = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "docopt-0.6.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/d/docopt/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "49b3a825280bd66b3aa83585ef59c4a8c82f2c8a522dbe754a8bc8d08c85c491";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Pythonic argument parser, that will make you smile";
-      homepage = http://docopt.org/;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  docopt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docopt { };
 
   doctest-ignore-unicode = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "doctest-ignore-unicode-${version}";