diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygraphviz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygraphviz/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..911779e67fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygraphviz/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, graphviz
+, pkgconfig, doctest-ignore-unicode, mock, nose }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "pygraphviz";
+  version = "1.4rc1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "00ck696rddjnrwfnh1zw87b9xzqfm6sqjy6kqf6kmn1xwsi6f19a";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ doctest-ignore-unicode mock nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ graphviz pkgconfig ];
+
+  # the tests are currently failing:
+  # check status of pygraphviz/pygraphviz#129
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python interface to Graphviz graph drawing package";
+    homepage = https://github.com/pygraphviz/pygraphviz;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9f054e7bc995..2c79dd2d60e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14551,25 +14551,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  pygraphviz = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pygraphviz-${version}";
-    version = "1.4rc1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pygraphviz/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "00ck696rddjnrwfnh1zw87b9xzqfm6sqjy6kqf6kmn1xwsi6f19a";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ doctest-ignore-unicode mock nose ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.graphviz pkgs.pkgconfig ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python interface to Graphviz graph drawing package";
-      homepage = https://github.com/pygraphviz/pygraphviz;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer ];
-    };
-  };
+  pygraphviz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygraphviz { };
 
   pympler = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "Pympler";