diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/appdirs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/appdirs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..211d51c241d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/appdirs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "appdirs";
+  version = "1.4.3";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "9e5896d1372858f8dd3344faf4e5014d21849c756c8d5701f78f8a103b372d92";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs";
+    homepage = http://github.com/ActiveState/appdirs;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 155ae8c5eb6..40fea0bde4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1002,20 +1002,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  appdirs = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "appdirs-1.4.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/a/appdirs/appdirs-1.4.0.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "8fc245efb4387a4e3e0ac8ebcc704582df7d72ff6a42a53f5600bbb18fdaadc5";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs";
-      homepage = http://github.com/ActiveState/appdirs;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  appdirs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/appdirs { };
 
   application = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "python-application";