diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rpyc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rpyc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..42176b134eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rpyc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, plumbum
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rpyc";
+  version = "3.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "43fa845314f0bf442f5f5fab15bb1d1b5fe2011a8fc603f92d8022575cef8b4b";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ nose plumbum ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Remote Python Call (RPyC), a transparent and symmetric RPC library";
+    homepage = http://rpyc.readthedocs.org;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 819ad5241de8..00ccb29469ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3646,23 +3646,7 @@ in {
 
   rpy2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rpy2 {};
 
-  rpyc = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "rpyc-${version}";
-    version = "3.3.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/r/rpyc/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "43fa845314f0bf442f5f5fab15bb1d1b5fe2011a8fc603f92d8022575cef8b4b";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ nose plumbum ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Remote Python Call (RPyC), a transparent and symmetric RPC library";
-      homepage = http://rpyc.readthedocs.org;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  rpyc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rpyc { };
 
   rsa = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "rsa-${version}";