diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/consul/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/consul/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a4b351e20ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/consul/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, requests, six, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-consul";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "18gs5myk9wkkq5zvj0n0s68ngj3mrbdcifshxfj1j0bgb1km0wpm";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ requests six pytest ];
+
+  # No tests distributed. https://github.com/cablehead/python-consul/issues/133
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python client for Consul (https://www.consul.io/)";
+    homepage = https://github.com/cablehead/python-consul;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ desiderius ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4e7fe2a3a811..148bbdb157d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1639,26 +1639,7 @@ in {
 
   construct = callPackage ../development/python-modules/construct {};
 
-  consul = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "python-consul-0.7.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/python-consul/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "18gs5myk9wkkq5zvj0n0s68ngj3mrbdcifshxfj1j0bgb1km0wpm";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ requests six pytest ];
-
-    # No tests distributed. https://github.com/cablehead/python-consul/issues/133
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python client for Consul (https://www.consul.io/)";
-      homepage = https://github.com/cablehead/python-consul;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ desiderius ];
-    };
-  });
+  consul = callPackage ../development/python-modules/consul { };
 
   contexter = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "contexter-${version}";