diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/arrow/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/arrow/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a85987a95b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/arrow/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, nose, chai, simplejson
+, dateutil }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "arrow";
+  version = "0.10.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "08n7q2l69hlainds1byd4lxhwrq7zsw7s640zkqc3bs5jkq0cnc0";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests --cover-package=arrow
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose chai simplejson ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dateutil ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python library for date manipulation";
+    license     = "apache";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cf48a16aa9c8..fd002ed74caa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -763,28 +763,7 @@ in {
   };
 
 
-  arrow = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "arrow-${version}";
-    version = "0.10.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url    = "mirror://pypi/a/arrow/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "08n7q2l69hlainds1byd4lxhwrq7zsw7s640zkqc3bs5jkq0cnc0";
-    };
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      nosetests --cover-package=arrow
-    '';
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose chai simplejson ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ dateutil ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python library for date manipulation";
-      license     = "apache";
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
-    };
-  };
+  arrow = callPackage ../development/python-modules/arrow { };
 
   async = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "async-0.6.1";