diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/schedule/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/schedule/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79ad778e048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/schedule/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "schedule";
+  version = "0.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1h0waw4jd5ql68y5kxb9irwapkbkwfs1w0asvbl24fq5f8czdijm";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ mock ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python job scheduling for humans";
+    homepage = https://github.com/dbader/schedule;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 13134b7fc08..0d26a4073ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2173,22 +2173,7 @@ in {
 
   scandir = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scandir { };
 
-  schedule = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "schedule-0.3.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/10/96/d101fab391753ebc81fa3bb0e744df1ddcfb032c31b036d38083f8994db1/schedule-0.3.2.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1h0waw4jd5ql68y5kxb9irwapkbkwfs1w0asvbl24fq5f8czdijm";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ mock ];
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Python job scheduling for humans";
-      homepage = https://github.com/dbader/schedule;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  schedule = callPackage ../development/python-modules/schedule { };
 
   schema = callPackage ../development/python-modules/schema {};