diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/statsd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/statsd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d5d9df0a6fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/statsd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "statsd";
+  version = "3.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "3fa92bf0192af926f7a0d9be031fe3fd0fbaa1992d42cf2f07e68f76ac18288e";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose mock ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    # Failing test: ERROR: statsd.tests.test_ipv6_resolution_udp
+    sed -i 's/test_ipv6_resolution_udp/noop/' statsd/tests.py
+    # well this is a noop, but so it was before
+    sed -i 's/assert_called_once()/called/' statsd/tests.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
+    description = "A simple statsd client";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    homepage = https://github.com/jsocol/pystatsd;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 44259b08af32..a0a34c114ad7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2161,32 +2161,7 @@ in {
 
   s2clientprotocol = callPackage ../development/python-modules/s2clientprotocol { };
 
-  statsd = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "statsd-${version}";
-    version = "3.2.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/statsd/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "3fa92bf0192af926f7a0d9be031fe3fd0fbaa1992d42cf2f07e68f76ac18288e";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose mock ];
-
-    meta = {
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
-      description = "A simple statsd client";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      homepage = https://github.com/jsocol/pystatsd;
-    };
-
-    patchPhase = ''
-      # Failing test: ERROR: statsd.tests.test_ipv6_resolution_udp
-      sed -i 's/test_ipv6_resolution_udp/noop/' statsd/tests.py
-      # well this is a noop, but so it was before
-      sed -i 's/assert_called_once()/called/' statsd/tests.py
-    '';
-
-  };
+  statsd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/statsd { };
 
   py3status = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py3status {};