diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask-restful/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask-restful/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c54c015af12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask-restful/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
+, nose, mock, blinker
+, flask, six, pytz, aniso8601, pycrypto
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "Flask-RESTful";
+  version = "0.3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "01rlvl2iq074ciyn4schmjip7cyplkwkysbb8f610zil06am35ap";
+  };
+
+# TypeError: Only byte strings can be passed to C code
+  patchPhase = if isPy3k then ''
+    rm tests/test_crypto.py tests/test_paging.py
+    '' else null;
+  buildInputs = [ nose mock blinker ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ flask six pytz aniso8601 pycrypto ];
+  PYTHON_EGG_CACHE = "`pwd`/.egg-cache";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://flask-restful.readthedocs.io/";
+    description = "REST API building blocks for Flask";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f0765779613..bed6a47c78d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9671,29 +9671,7 @@ in {
 
   flask-pymongo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/Flask-PyMongo { };
 
-  flask-restful = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "Flask-RESTful-${version}";
-    version = "0.3.5";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/F/Flask-RESTful/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "cce4aeff959b571136b5af098bebe7d3deeca7eb1411c4e722ff2c5356ab4c42";
-    };
-
-    # TypeError: Only byte strings can be passed to C code
-    patchPhase = if isPy3k then ''
-      rm tests/test_crypto.py tests/test_paging.py
-    '' else null;
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose mock blinker ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ flask six pytz aniso8601 pycrypto ];
-    PYTHON_EGG_CACHE = "`pwd`/.egg-cache";
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = "http://flask-restful.readthedocs.io/";
-      description = "REST API building blocks for Flask";
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  flask-restful = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flask-restful { };
 
   flask-restplus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flask-restplus/default.nix { };
   # Exactly 0.8.6 is required by flexget