diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-wifi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-wifi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e4f2ebccf05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-wifi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy27
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-wifi";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+  disabled = !isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "149c3dznb63d82143cz5hqdim0mqjysz6p3yk0zv271vq3xnmzvv";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit version;
+    description = "Read & write wireless card capabilities using the Linux Wireless Extensions";
+    homepage = http://pythonwifi.tuxfamily.org/;
+    # From the README: "pythonwifi is licensed under LGPLv2+, however, the
+    # examples (e.g. iwconfig.py and iwlist.py) are licensed under GPLv2+."
+    license = with licenses; [ lgpl2Plus gpl2Plus ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2f995e6cb599..4b751801e474 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3497,25 +3497,7 @@ in {
 
   python-ptrace = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ptrace { };
 
-  python-wifi = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "python-wifi-${version}";
-    version = "0.6.1";
-    disabled = !isPy27;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/python-wifi/${name}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "149c3dznb63d82143cz5hqdim0mqjysz6p3yk0zv271vq3xnmzvv";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      inherit version;
-      description = "Read & write wireless card capabilities using the Linux Wireless Extensions";
-      homepage = http://pythonwifi.tuxfamily.org/;
-      # From the README: "pythonwifi is licensed under LGPLv2+, however, the
-      # examples (e.g. iwconfig.py and iwlist.py) are licensed under GPLv2+."
-      license = with licenses; [ lgpl2Plus gpl2Plus ];
-    };
-  };
+  python-wifi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-wifi { };
 
   python-etcd = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "python-etcd-${version}";