diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tlslite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tlslite/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..75d622ef34f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tlslite/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "tlslite";
+  version = "0.4.8";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1fxx6d3nw5r1hqna1h2jvqhcygn9fyshlm0gh3gp0b1ji824gd6r";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A pure Python implementation of SSL and TLS";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tlslite;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 12695c685825..70cb61373434 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3979,21 +3979,7 @@ in {
     py = python.override{x11Support=true;};
   in callPackage ../development/python-modules/tkinter { py = py; };
 
-  tlslite = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "tlslite-${version}";
-    version = "0.4.8";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/tlslite/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1fxx6d3nw5r1hqna1h2jvqhcygn9fyshlm0gh3gp0b1ji824gd6r";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A pure Python implementation of SSL and TLS";
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tlslite;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  tlslite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tlslite { };
 
   qrcode = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "qrcode-${version}";