diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/iniparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/iniparse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0c2fd765c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/iniparse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "iniparse";
+  version = "0.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0m60k46vr03x68jckachzsipav0bwhhnqb8715hm1cngs89fxhdb";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} runtests.py
+  '';
+
+  # Does not install tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Accessing and Modifying INI files";
+    homepage = http://code.google.com/p/iniparse/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ danbst ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3170da02b3f4..d1fb19f8a7d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1900,29 +1900,7 @@ in {
 
   itsdangerous = callPackage ../development/python-modules/itsdangerous { };
 
-  iniparse = buildPythonPackage rec {
-
-    name = "iniparse-${version}";
-    version = "0.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/i/iniparse/iniparse-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0m60k46vr03x68jckachzsipav0bwhhnqb8715hm1cngs89fxhdb";
-    };
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      ${python.interpreter} runtests.py
-    '';
-
-    # Does not install tests
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Accessing and Modifying INI files";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ danbst ];
-    };
-  };
+  iniparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/iniparse { };
 
   i3-py = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.6.4";