diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/terminaltables/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/terminaltables/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb6961f77ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/terminaltables/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "terminaltables";
+  version = "3.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "f3eb0eb92e3833972ac36796293ca0906e998dc3be91fbe1f8615b331b853b81";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Display simple tables in terminals";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Robpol86/terminaltables";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c7eec91c11e..8f18de8d29a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3945,21 +3945,7 @@ in {
 
   terminado = callPackage ../development/python-modules/terminado { };
 
-  terminaltables = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "terminaltables-${version}";
-    version = "3.1.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/terminaltables/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "f3eb0eb92e3833972ac36796293ca0906e998dc3be91fbe1f8615b331b853b81";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Display simple tables in terminals";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/Robpol86/terminaltables";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  terminaltables = callPackage ../development/python-modules/terminaltables { };
 
   testscenarios = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "testscenarios-${version}";