diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wsgiproxy2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wsgiproxy2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5fda762b0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wsgiproxy2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, six
+, webob
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "WSGIProxy2";
+  version = "0.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "13kf9bdxrc95y9vriaz0viry3ah11nz4rlrykcfvb8nlqpx3dcm4";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six webob ];
+
+  # circular dep on webtest
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://pythonpaste.org/wsgiproxy/;
+    description = "HTTP proxying tools for WSGI apps";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5ea09977f1c..177e09f718c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4133,22 +4133,7 @@ in {
 
   magic-wormhole-transit-relay = callPackage ../development/python-modules/magic-wormhole-transit-relay { };
 
-  wsgiproxy2 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "WSGIProxy2-0.4.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/W/WSGIProxy2/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "13kf9bdxrc95y9vriaz0viry3ah11nz4rlrykcfvb8nlqpx3dcm4";
-    };
-
-    # circular dep on webtest
-    doCheck = false;
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six webob ];
-
-    meta = {
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
-    };
-  };
+  wsgiproxy2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wsgiproxy2 { };
 
   wxPython = self.wxPython30;