diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/send2trash/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/send2trash/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..379f5677bd1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/send2trash/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytest
+, configparser
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "Send2Trash";
+  version = "1.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hsoft";
+    repo = "send2trash";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1w502i5h8xaqf03g6h95h4vs1wqfv6kg925dn63phrwmg1hfz2xx";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = "HOME=. py.test";
+  checkInputs = [ pytest configparser ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Send file to trash natively under macOS, Windows and Linux";
+    homepage = https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d812e395a4ab..1dc82363ca73 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -21877,23 +21877,7 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
-  send2trash = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "Send2Trash-1.3.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/S/Send2Trash/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1zjq5ki02l0vl4f1xymsnqyxipx6q81a435p46db07l3mqg4dx1k";
-    };
-
-    # no tests
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Send file to trash natively under macOS, Windows and Linux";
-      homepage = https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  });
+  send2trash = callPackage ../development/python-modules/send2trash { };
 
   sigtools = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "sigtools-${version}";