diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycarddav/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycarddav/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5c6182e4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycarddav/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, isPyPy
+, vobject
+, lxml
+, requests
+, urwid
+, pyxdg
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.7.0";
+  pname = "pycarddav";
+  disabled = isPy3k || isPyPy;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0avkrcpisfvhz103v7vmq2jd83hvmpqrb4mlbx6ikkk1wcvclsx8";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ vobject lxml requests urwid pyxdg ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Command-line interface carddav client";
+    homepage = http://lostpackets.de/pycarddav;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 59d5ae4f266..9a1a35239a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3265,26 +3265,7 @@ in {
 
   vobject = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vobject { };
 
-  pycarddav = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.7.0";
-    name = "pycarddav-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pyCardDAV/pyCardDAV-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0avkrcpisfvhz103v7vmq2jd83hvmpqrb4mlbx6ikkk1wcvclsx8";
-    };
-
-    disabled = isPy3k || isPyPy;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ vobject lxml requests urwid pyxdg ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Command-line interface carddav client";
-      homepage = http://lostpackets.de/pycarddav;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
-    };
-  };
+  pycarddav = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycarddav { };
 
   pygit2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygit2 { };