diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mccabe/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mccabe/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..472bba26eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mccabe/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest, pytestrunner }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "mccabe";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "07w3p1qm44hgxf3vvwz84kswpsx6s7kvaibzrsx5dzm0hli1i3fx";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest pytestrunner ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "McCabe checker, plugin for flake8";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/flintwork/mccabe";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 179b3d35a9a..5b5badd22a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13955,23 +13955,7 @@ in {
   };
 
 
-  mccabe = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "mccabe-0.5.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/m/mccabe/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "16293af41e7242031afd73896fef6458f4cad38201d21e28f344fff50ae1c25e";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytestrunner pytest ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "McCabe checker, plugin for flake8";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/flintwork/mccabe";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
-    };
-  });
+  mccabe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mccabe { };
 
   mechanize = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "mechanize-0.2.5";