diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/websocket_client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/websocket_client/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad830a0890ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/websocket_client/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27
+, six
+, backports_ssl_match_hostname
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.56.0";
+  pname = "websocket_client";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0fpxjyr74klnyis3yf6m54askl0h5dchxcwbfjsq92xng0455m8z";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    six
+  ] ++ lib.optional isPy27 backports_ssl_match_hostname;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Websocket client for python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/websocket-client/websocket-client";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/websockets_client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/websockets_client/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 034646174255..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/websockets_client/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, six }:
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "websocket_client";
-  version = "0.54.0";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit version pname;
-    sha256 = "e51562c91ddb8148e791f0155fdb01325d99bb52c4cdbb291aee7a3563fd0849";
-  };
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    # ssl.match_hostname exists in python2.7 version maintained in nixpkgs,
-    # the dependency is not necessary.
-    sed -e "s/\['backports.ssl_match_hostname'\]/\[\]/" -i setup.py
-  '';
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://github.com/liris/websocket-client;
-    description = "Websocket client for python";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e957fe5746c5..2baa8432ad9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5089,7 +5089,7 @@ in {
 
   larch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/larch { };
 
-  websocket_client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/websockets_client { };
+  websocket_client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/websocket_client { };
 
   webhelpers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/webhelpers { };