diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/webob/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webob/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1271ac3483d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webob/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "WebOb";
+  version = "1.7.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "10vjp2rvqiyvw157fk3sy7yds1gknzw97z4gk0qv1raskx5s2p76";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ nose pytest ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "WSGI request and response object";
+    homepage = http://pythonpaste.org/webob/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5b91c80b50fe..937896f2e90b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4115,25 +4115,7 @@ in {
 
   web = callPackage ../development/python-modules/web { };
 
-  webob = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "WebOb";
-    version = "1.7.3";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "10vjp2rvqiyvw157fk3sy7yds1gknzw97z4gk0qv1raskx5s2p76";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ nose pytest ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "WSGI request and response object";
-      homepage = http://pythonpaste.org/webob/;
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
-
+  webob = callPackage ../development/python-modules/webob { };
 
   websockify = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.7.0";