diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gspread/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gspread/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a07e7ecfc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gspread/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.2.3";
+  pname = "gspread";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "dba45ef9e652dcd8cf561ae65569bd6ecd18fcc77b991521490698fb2d847106";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Google Spreadsheets client library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/burnash/gspread";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 16410267a97..8b18f7e1e05 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2428,21 +2428,7 @@ in {
 
   grpcio-tools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/grpcio-tools { };
 
-  gspread = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.2.3";
-    name = "gspread-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/g/gspread/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "dba45ef9e652dcd8cf561ae65569bd6ecd18fcc77b991521490698fb2d847106";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Google Spreadsheets client library";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/burnash/gspread";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  gspread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gspread { };
 
   gyp = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "gyp-${version}";