diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mysql_python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mysql_python/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a38f7e02e1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mysql_python/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy3k
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "MySQL-python";
+  version = "1.2.5";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "0x0c2jg0bb3pp84njaqiic050qkyd7ymwhfvhipnimg58yv40441";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.mysql.connector-c ];
+
+  # plenty of failing tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "MySQL database binding for Python";
+    homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2a0fcce1f9c..e16a15b0b91 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2893,29 +2893,7 @@ in {
 
   monotonic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/monotonic { };
 
-  MySQL_python = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "MySQL-python-1.2.5";
-
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    # plenty of failing tests
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/M/MySQL-python/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "0x0c2jg0bb3pp84njaqiic050qkyd7ymwhfvhipnimg58yv40441";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose ];
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.mysql.connector-c ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "MySQL database binding for Python";
-
-      homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python;
-    };
-  };
+  MySQL_python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mysql_python { };
 
   mysql-connector = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mysql-connector { };