diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vcversioner/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vcversioner/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b9819c035d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vcversioner/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "vcversioner";
+  version = "2.16.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "16z10sm78jd7ca3jbkgc3q5i8a8q7y1h21q1li21yy3rlhbhrrns";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "take version numbers from version control";
+    homepage = https://github.com/habnabit/vcversioner;
+    licenses = licenses.isc;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8b951465c39..06f588d97c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9806,19 +9806,7 @@ in {
 
   jsonschema = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonschema { };
 
-  vcversioner = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "vcversioner-${version}";
-    version = "2.14.0.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/v/vcversioner/vcversioner-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "11ivq1bm7v0yb4nsfbv9m7g7lyjn112gbvpjnjz8nv1fx633dm5c";
-    };
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/habnabit/vcversioner";
-    };
-  };
+  vcversioner = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vcversioner { };
 
   falcon = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "falcon-1.0.0";