diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/configobj/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/configobj/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98631b6920b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/configobj/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, six }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "configobj";
+  version = "5.0.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "00h9rcmws03xvdlfni11yb60bz3kxfvsj6dg6nrpzj71f03nbxd2";
+  };
+
+  # error: invalid command 'test'
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Config file reading, writing and validation";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/configobj;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index abc19802911..4e7fe2a3a81 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1631,27 +1631,7 @@ in {
 
   conda = callPackage ../development/python-modules/conda { };
 
-  configobj = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "configobj-5.0.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/c/configobj/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "a2f5650770e1c87fb335af19a9b7eb73fc05ccf22144eb68db7d00cd2bcb0902";
-    };
-
-    # error: invalid command 'test'
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Config file reading, writing and validation";
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/configobj;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
-    };
-  });
-
+  configobj = callPackage ../development/python-modules/configobj { };
 
   confluent-kafka = callPackage ../development/python-modules/confluent-kafka {};