diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcelerator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcelerator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2dfb5831f7fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcelerator/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyexcelerator";
+  version = "0.6.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "18rcnc9f71lj06h8nppnv6idzb7xfmh2rp1zfqayskcg686lilrb";
+  };
+
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  # No tests are included in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "library for generating Excel 97/2000/XP/2003 and OpenOffice Calc compatible spreadsheets.";
+    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator";
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ womfoo ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 845dfdba59b3..4e2af426b39f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3307,27 +3307,7 @@ in {
 
   pyev = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyev { };
 
-  pyexcelerator = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pyexcelerator-${version}";
-    version = "0.6.4.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pyexcelerator/${name}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "18rcnc9f71lj06h8nppnv6idzb7xfmh2rp1zfqayskcg686lilrb";
-    };
-
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    # No tests are included in archive
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "library for generating Excel 97/2000/XP/2003 and OpenOffice Calc compatible spreadsheets.";
-      homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator";
-      license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ womfoo ];
-    };
-  };
+  pyexcelerator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexcelerator { };
 
   pyext = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyext { };