diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spark_parser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spark_parser/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..badc99f5e377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spark_parser/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, click
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "spark_parser";
+  version = "1.8.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "4c5e6064afbb3c114749016d585b0e4f9222d4ffa97a1854c9ab70b25783ef48";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ click ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = ''An Early-Algorithm Context-free grammar Parser'';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rocky/python-spark";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [raskin];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d5158c4fd80f..9c4d00f72604 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6835,24 +6835,7 @@ in {
 
   subprocess32 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/subprocess32 { };
 
-  spark_parser = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    pname = "spark_parser";
-    version = "1.4.0";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1r7d07kw4asgajvhq1gzln4g1qi2r13jw0s8c7d5z3g4kp8y0br8";
-    };
-    buildInputs = with self; [nose];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [];
-    meta = {
-      description = ''An Early-Algorithm Context-free grammar Parser'';
-      homepage = "https://github.com/rocky/python-spark";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [raskin];
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  });
+  spark_parser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spark_parser { };
 
   sphinx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx { };