diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/audioread/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/audioread/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf71cf8cfbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/audioread/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "audioread";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  version = "2.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "ffb601de7a9e40850d4ec3256a3a6bbe8fa40466dafb5c65f41b08e4bb963f1e";
+  };
+
+  # No tests, need to disable or py3k breaks
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Cross-platform audio decoding";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sampsyo/audioread";
+    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 2884f39bc87..0e308a2f64b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -709,24 +709,7 @@ in {
     };
    });
 
-  audioread = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "audioread-${version}";
-    version = "2.1.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/a/audioread/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "ffb601de7a9e40850d4ec3256a3a6bbe8fa40466dafb5c65f41b08e4bb963f1e";
-    };
-
-    # No tests, need to disable or py3k breaks
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Cross-platform audio decoding";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/sampsyo/audioread";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  audioread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/audioread { };
 
   audiotools = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "audiotools-${version}";