diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/urllib3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/urllib3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a23ae0f0b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/urllib3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, coverage, tornado, mock, nose, psutil, pysocks }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "urllib3";
+  version = "1.22";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0kyvc9zdlxr5r96bng5rhm9a6sfqidrbvvkz64s76qs5267dli6c";
+  };
+
+  NOSE_EXCLUDE = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep "," [
+    "test_headers" "test_headerdict" "test_can_validate_ip_san" "test_delayed_body_read_timeout"
+    "test_timeout_errors_cause_retries" "test_select_multiple_interrupts_with_event"
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests -v --cover-min-percentage 1
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  buildInputs = [ coverage tornado mock nose psutil pysocks ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A Python library for Dropbox's HTTP-based Core and Datastore APIs";
+    homepage = https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/docs;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 97265230beb..bcdcb07e5dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5347,38 +5347,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  urllib3 = let
-    disabled_tests = [
-      "test_headers" "test_headerdict" "test_can_validate_ip_san" "test_delayed_body_read_timeout"
-      "test_timeout_errors_cause_retries" "test_select_multiple_interrupts_with_event"
-    ];
-  in buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "urllib3";
-    version = "1.20";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "0bx76if7shzlyykmaj4fhjkir5bswc4fdx5r4q0lrn3q51p2pvwp";
-    };
-
-    NOSE_EXCLUDE=concatStringsSep "," disabled_tests;
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      nosetests -v --cover-min-percentage 1
-    '';
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ coverage tornado mock nose psutil pysocks ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A Python library for Dropbox's HTTP-based Core and Datastore APIs";
-      homepage = https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/docs;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
-
+  urllib3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/urllib3 {};
 
   dropbox = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "dropbox-${version}";