diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kerberos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kerberos/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdaec0d817df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kerberos/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "kerberos";
+  version = "1.2.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "11q9jhzdl88jh8jgn7cycq034m36g2ncxds7mr3vqkngpcirkx6n";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.kerberos ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Kerberos high-level interface";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/kerberos;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7cc7e750762d..d894222bf1e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5643,22 +5643,7 @@ in {
 
   jsonpath_rw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonpath_rw { };
 
-  kerberos = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "kerberos-1.2.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/k/kerberos/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "11q9jhzdl88jh8jgn7cycq034m36g2ncxds7mr3vqkngpcirkx6n";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.kerberos ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Kerberos high-level interface";
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/kerberos;
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-    };
-  };
+  kerberos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kerberos { };
 
   keyring = callPackage ../development/python-modules/keyring { };