diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/line_profiler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/line_profiler/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6d6f1e1d7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/line_profiler/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, cython
+, isPyPy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "line_profiler";
+  version = "2.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "739f8ad0e4bcd0cb82e99afc09e00a0351234f6b3f0b1f7f0090a8a2fbbf8381";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cython ];
+
+  disabled = isPyPy;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Line-by-line profiler";
+    homepage = https://github.com/rkern/line_profiler;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 035f22b7696e..681710d85885 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13853,26 +13853,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  line_profiler = buildPythonPackage rec{
-    version = "1.0";
-    name = "line_profiler-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/l/line_profiler/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "a9e0c9ffa814f1215107c86c890afa8e63bec5a37d951f6f9d3668c1df2b1900";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ cython ];
-
-    disabled = isPyPy;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Line-by-line profiler";
-      homepage = https://github.com/rkern/line_profiler;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ fridh ];
-    };
-  };
+  line_profiler = callPackage ../development/python-modules/line_profiler { };
 
   linode = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "linode-${version}";