diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sandboxlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sandboxlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a3511dab97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sandboxlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pbr
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sandboxlib";
+  version = "0.31";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0csj8hbpylqdkxcpqkcfs73dfvdqkyj23axi8m9drqdi4dhxb41h";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pbr ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Sandboxing Library for Python";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sandboxlib/0.3.1;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 796ed9a4cb1..bc433c99697 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3821,25 +3821,7 @@ in {
 
   semantic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/semantic { };
 
-  sandboxlib = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "sandboxlib-${version}";
-    version = "0.31";
-
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    buildInputs = [ self.pbr ];
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/sandboxlib/sandboxlib-0.3.1.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0csj8hbpylqdkxcpqkcfs73dfvdqkyj23axi8m9drqdi4dhxb41h";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Sandboxing Library for Python";
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sandboxlib/0.3.1;
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-    };
-  };
+  sandboxlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sandboxlib { };
 
   scales = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "scales-${version}";