diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/texttable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/texttable/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..38cffcee296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/texttable/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "texttable";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "44674d1d470a9fc264c4d1eba44b74463ca0066d7b954453dd5a4f8057779c9c";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A module to generate a formatted text table, using ASCII characters";
+    homepage = http://foutaise.org/code/;
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl2;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c932d35747f..7c1b7ec9d29 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18373,20 +18373,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  texttable = self.buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "texttable-0.8.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/texttable/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0bkhs4dx9s6g7fpb969hygq56hyz4ncfamlynw72s0n6nqfbd1w5";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A module to generate a formatted text table, using ASCII characters";
-      homepage = http://foutaise.org/code/;
-      license = licenses.lgpl2;
-    };
-  };
+  texttable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/texttable { };
 
   tiros = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tiros { };