diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/restview/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/restview/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f2ce45c885c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/restview/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, docutils
+, readme_renderer
+, pygments
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "restview";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  version = "2.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "e7842100f3de179c68cfe7c2cf56c61509cd6068bc6dd58ab42c0ade5d5f97ec";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ docutils readme_renderer pygments ];
+  checkInputs = [ mock ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # dict order breaking tests
+    sed -i 's@<a href="http://www.example.com" rel="nofollow">@...@' src/restview/tests.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "ReStructuredText viewer";
+    homepage = http://mg.pov.lt/restview/;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ koral ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 30732a7bd64c..3b307a423132 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -19136,31 +19136,7 @@ in {
   };
 
 
-  restview = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "restview-${version}";
-    version = "2.5.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/r/restview/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0gmdmnlhiy6lagi17maiz312374hk6g6x90fhjwnbrwxif4r9bd5";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ docutils readme pygments ];
-    buildInputs = with self; [ mock ];
-
-    patchPhase = ''
-      # dict order breaking tests
-      sed -i 's@<a href="http://www.example.com" rel="nofollow">@...@' src/restview/tests.py
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "ReStructuredText viewer";
-      homepage = http://mg.pov.lt/restview/;
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ koral ];
-    };
-  };
+  restview = callPackage ../development/python-modules/restview { };
 
   readme = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "readme-${version}";