diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/random2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/random2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ecc049b34f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/random2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPyPy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "random2";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+  doCheck = !isPyPy;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "34ad30aac341039872401595df9ab2c9dc36d0b7c077db1cea9ade430ed1c007";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://pypi.python.org/pypi/random2;
+    description = "Python 3 compatible Python 2 `random` Module";
+    license = licenses.psfl;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1cdd18d3777..13134b7fc08 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2169,16 +2169,7 @@ in {
 
   pyrtlsdr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyrtlsdr { };
 
-  random2 = self.buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "random2-1.0.1";
-
-    doCheck = !isPyPy;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/r/random2/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "34ad30aac341039872401595df9ab2c9dc36d0b7c077db1cea9ade430ed1c007";
-    };
-  };
+  random2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/random2 { };
 
   scandir = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scandir { };