diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_contenttype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_contenttype/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67c5a986688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_contenttype/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zope.contenttype";
+  version = "4.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "9decc7531ad6925057f1a667ac0ef9d658577a92b0b48dafa7daa97b78a02bbb";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.contenttype;
+    description = "A utility module for content-type (MIME type) handling";
+    license = licenses.zpl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 269e18ed174..e590dbba603 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4190,19 +4190,7 @@ in {
 
   zope_configuration = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_configuration { };
 
-  zope_contenttype = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "zope.contenttype-4.0.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/z/zope.contenttype/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "9decc7531ad6925057f1a667ac0ef9d658577a92b0b48dafa7daa97b78a02bbb";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-    };
-  };
-
+  zope_contenttype = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_contenttype { };
 
   zope_dottedname = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "zope.dottedname-3.4.6";