diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv-clone/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv-clone/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03a66b63165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv-clone/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, virtualenv
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "virtualenv-clone";
+  version = "0.2.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "7087ba4eb48acfd5209a3fd03e15d072f28742619127c98333057e32748d91c4";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ virtualenv ];
+
+  # needs tox to run the tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/edwardgeorge/virtualenv-clone;
+    description = "Script to clone virtualenvs";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 650eab1cdd8..72820917895 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4087,26 +4087,7 @@ in {
 
   virtualenv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/virtualenv { };
 
-  virtualenv-clone = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "virtualenv-clone-0.2.5";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/v/virtualenv-clone/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "7087ba4eb48acfd5209a3fd03e15d072f28742619127c98333057e32748d91c4";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [pytest];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [virtualenv];
-
-    # needs tox to run the tests
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Script to clone virtualenvs";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+  virtualenv-clone = callPackage ../development/python-modules/virtualenv-clone { };
 
   virtualenvwrapper = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "virtualenvwrapper-4.3";