diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotlipy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotlipy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..010b7019777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotlipy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, cffi
+, enum34
+, construct
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "brotlipy";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "10s2y19zywfkf3sksrw81czhva759aki0clld2pnnlgf64sz7016";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cffi enum34 construct ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python bindings for the reference Brotli encoder/decoder";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/python-hyper/brotlipy/";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 446b2b7f4f0..af5c82436af 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10501,23 +10501,7 @@ in {
 
   mistune = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mistune { };
 
-  brotlipy = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "brotlipy-${version}";
-    version = "0.6.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/b/brotlipy/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "10s2y19zywfkf3sksrw81czhva759aki0clld2pnnlgf64sz7016";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ cffi enum34 construct ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python bindings for the reference Brotli encoder/decoder";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/python-hyper/brotlipy/";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  brotlipy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/brotlipy { };
 
   sortedcontainers = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "sortedcontainers-${version}";