diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioeventlet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioeventlet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..73d4b278058e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioeventlet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, eventlet
+, trollius
+, asyncio
+, mock
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "aioeventlet";
+  version = "0.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "19krvycaiximchhv1hcfhz81249m3w3jrbp2h4apn1yf4yrc4y7y";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ eventlet trollius asyncio ];
+  buildInputs = [ mock ];
+
+  # 2 tests error out
+  doCheck = false;
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} runtests.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "aioeventlet implements the asyncio API (PEP 3156) on top of eventlet. It makes";
+    homepage = http://aioeventlet.readthedocs.org/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8a2fd67f143f..b83e7a9b2956 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3053,29 +3053,7 @@ in {
 
   fasteners = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fasteners { };
 
-  aioeventlet = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "aioeventlet-${version}";
-    version = "0.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/a/aioeventlet/aioeventlet-0.4.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "19krvycaiximchhv1hcfhz81249m3w3jrbp2h4apn1yf4yrc4y7y";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ eventlet trollius asyncio ];
-    buildInputs = with self; [ mock ];
-
-    # 2 tests error out
-    doCheck = false;
-    checkPhase = ''
-      ${python.interpreter} runtests.py
-    '';
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "aioeventlet implements the asyncio API (PEP 3156) on top of eventlet. It makes";
-      homepage = http://aioeventlet.readthedocs.org/;
-    };
-  };
+  aioeventlet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aioeventlet { };
 
   olefile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/olefile { };