diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sortedcontainers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sortedcontainers/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1252c676646d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sortedcontainers/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sortedcontainers";
+  version = "2.0.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "607294c6e291a270948420f7ffa1fb3ed47384a4c08db6d1e9c92d08a6981982";
+  };
+
+  # pypi tarball does not come with tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python Sorted Container Types: SortedList, SortedDict, and SortedSet";
+    homepage = http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcontainers/;
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1dbab2d1d803..1ec2e5169890 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -503,6 +503,8 @@ in {
 
   sip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sip { };
 
+  sortedcontainers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sortedcontainers { };
+
   sklearn-deap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sklearn-deap { };
 
   slackclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/slackclient { };
@@ -7561,26 +7563,6 @@ in {
 
   brotlipy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/brotlipy { };
 
-  sortedcontainers = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "sortedcontainers-${version}";
-    version = "1.5.7";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/sortedcontainers/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1sjh8lccbmvwna91mlhl5m3z4320p07h063b8x8br4p4cll49w0g";
-    };
-
-    # tries to run tests for all python versions and uses virtualenv weirdly
-    doCheck = false;
-    #buildInputs = with self; [ tox nose ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python Sorted Container Types: SortedList, SortedDict, and SortedSet";
-      homepage = "http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcontainers/";
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-    };
-  };
-
   sortedcollections = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "sortedcollections-${version}";
     version = "0.4.2";