diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jdatetime/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jdatetime/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf7ba56eb4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jdatetime/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, six }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jdatetime";
+  version = "1.7.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1b1ksspm86r272ar8v0v4ip1821i4azpix6xhxpb4l133iwsb2y0";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Jalali datetime binding for python";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/jdatetime;
+    license = licenses.psfl;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 430bf079213..8af3054e7db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2065,23 +2065,7 @@ in {
 
   neurotools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/neurotools {};
 
-  jdatetime = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "jdatetime-${version}";
-    version = "1.7.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jdatetime/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "c08ba5791c2350b26e87ddf478bf223108146e241b6c949538221b54afd633ac";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ self.six ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Jalali datetime binding for python";
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/jdatetime;
-      license = licenses.psfl;
-    };
-  });
+  jdatetime = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jdatetime {};
 
   daphne = callPackage ../development/python-modules/daphne { };