diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/1_8.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/1_8.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e87a9cbad027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/1_8.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchurl
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "Django-${version}";
+  version = "1.8.18";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "2.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.djangoproject.com/m/releases/1.8/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1ishvbihr9pain0486qafb18dnb7v2ppq34nnx1s8f95bvfiqqf7";
+  };
+
+  # too complicated to setup
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  # patch only $out/bin to avoid problems with starter templates (see #3134)
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapPythonProgramsIn $out/bin "$out $pythonPath"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A high-level Python Web framework";
+    homepage = https://www.djangoproject.com/;
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ca104f8f686f..41e40486e157 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2235,29 +2235,7 @@ in {
     gdal = self.gdal;
   };
 
-  django_1_8 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "Django-${version}";
-    version = "1.8.18";
-    disabled = pythonOlder "2.7";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://www.djangoproject.com/m/releases/1.8/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1ishvbihr9pain0486qafb18dnb7v2ppq34nnx1s8f95bvfiqqf7";
-    };
-
-    # too complicated to setup
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    # patch only $out/bin to avoid problems with starter templates (see #3134)
-    postFixup = ''
-      wrapPythonProgramsIn $out/bin "$out $pythonPath"
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A high-level Python Web framework";
-      homepage = https://www.djangoproject.com/;
-    };
-  };
+  django_1_8 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django/1_8.nix { };
 
   django-allauth = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-allauth { };