diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/waitress/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/waitress/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c1536a7d8a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/waitress/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "waitress";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0pw6yyxi348r2xpq3ykqnf7gwi881azv2422d2ixb0xi5jws2ky7";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+     homepage = https://github.com/Pylons/waitress;
+     description = "Waitress WSGI server";
+     license = licenses.zpl20;
+     maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 74796882a81f..6d8287257cce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4095,21 +4095,7 @@ in {
 
   vultr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vultr { };
 
-  waitress = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "waitress-1.0.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/w/waitress/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0pw6yyxi348r2xpq3ykqnf7gwi881azv2422d2ixb0xi5jws2ky7";
-    };
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-       maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
-       platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+  waitress = callPackage ../development/python-modules/waitress { };
 
   waitress-django = callPackage ../development/python-modules/waitress-django { };