diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/digitalocean/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/digitalocean/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e4bb15fe18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/digitalocean/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, requests }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-digitalocean";
+  version = "1.10.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "12qybflfnl08acspz7rpaprmlabgrzimacbd7gm9qs5537hl3qnp";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  # Package doesn't distribute tests.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "digitalocean.com API to manage Droplets and Images";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-digitalocean;
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ teh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4d42e632efd7..89f2a3f9480d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2037,26 +2037,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  digital-ocean = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "python-digitalocean-1.10.1";
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests ];
-
-    # Package doesn't distribute tests.
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/python-digitalocean/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "12qybflfnl08acspz7rpaprmlabgrzimacbd7gm9qs5537hl3qnp";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "digitalocean.com API to manage Droplets and Images";
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-digitalocean;
-      license = licenses.lgpl3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ teh ];
-    };
-  };
+  digital-ocean = callPackage ../development/python-modules/digitalocean { };
 
   leather = callPackage ../development/python-modules/leather { };