diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fixtures/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fixtures/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c13eec1baf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fixtures/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pbr
+, testtools
+, mock
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fixtures";
+  version = "1.4.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0djxvdwm8s60dbfn7bhf40x6g818p3b3mlwijm1c3bqg7msn271y";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pbr testtools mock ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m testtools.run fixtures.test_suite
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Reusable state for writing clean tests and more";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fixtures";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1069d60c6882..6312fb25f4b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15757,22 +15757,7 @@ in {
 
   pbr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pbr { };
 
-  fixtures = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "fixtures-1.4.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/f/fixtures/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0djxvdwm8s60dbfn7bhf40x6g818p3b3mlwijm1c3bqg7msn271y";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pbr testtools mock ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Reusable state for writing clean tests and more";
-      homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fixtures";
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-    };
-  };
+  fixtures = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fixtures { };
 
   pelican = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pelican {
     inherit (pkgs) glibcLocales pandoc git;