diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/turses/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/turses/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e7da4c119b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/turses/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv, python3Packages }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+with python3Packages;
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "turses";
+  version = "0.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "15mkhm3b5ka42h8qph0mhh8izfc1200v7651c62k7ldcs50ib9j6";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ mock pytest coverage tox ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ urwid tweepy future ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    TMP_TURSES=`echo turses-$RANDOM`
+    mkdir $TMP_TURSES
+    PYTHONPATH=tests:$PYTHONPATH HOME=$TMP_TURSES py.test tests/
+    rm -rf $TMP_TURSES
+  '';
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i -e 's|urwid==1.3.0|urwid==${getVersion urwid}|' setup.py
+    sed -i -e "s|future==0.14.3|future==${getVersion future}|" setup.py
+    sed -i -e "s|tweepy==3.3.0|tweepy==${getVersion tweepy}|" setup.py
+    sed -i -e "s|config.generate_config_file.assert_called_once()|assert config.generate_config_file.call_count == 1|" tests/test_config.py
+    sed -i -e "s|self.observer.update.assert_called_once()|assert self.observer.update.call_count == 1|" tests/test_meta.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/alejandrogomez/turses;
+    description = "A Twitter client for the console";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a2993b0647e4..dc6cba46119a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4611,6 +4611,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ttylog = callPackage ../tools/misc/ttylog { };
 
+  turses = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/turses { };
+
   twitterBootstrap = callPackage ../development/web/twitter-bootstrap {};
   twitterBootstrap3 = callPackage ../development/web/twitter-bootstrap/v3.nix {};
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 165a92c315ef..2ee488477ba5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -22972,41 +22972,6 @@ in {
    };
 
 
-  turses = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "turses-0.3.1";
-    disabled = isPyPy || isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/turses/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "15mkhm3b5ka42h8qph0mhh8izfc1200v7651c62k7ldcs50ib9j6";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ mock pytest coverage tox ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ urwid tweepy future ] ++ optional isPy26 argparse;
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      TMP_TURSES=`echo turses-$RANDOM`
-      mkdir $TMP_TURSES
-      HOME=$TMP_TURSES py.test tests/
-      rm -rf $TMP_TURSES
-    '';
-
-    patchPhase = ''
-      sed -i -e "s|future==0.14.3|future==${pkgs.lib.getVersion self.future}|" setup.py
-      sed -i -e "s|tweepy==3.3.0|tweepy==${pkgs.lib.getVersion self.tweepy}|" setup.py
-      sed -i -e "s|config.generate_config_file.assert_called_once()|assert config.generate_config_file.call_count == 1|" tests/test_config.py
-      sed -i -e "s|self.observer.update.assert_called_once()|assert self.observer.update.call_count == 1|" tests/test_meta.py
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/alejandrogomez/turses;
-      description = "A Twitter client for the console";
-      license = licenses.gpl3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-    };
-  });
-
   tweepy = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "tweepy-3.5.0";