diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygit2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygit2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90bfe9783918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygit2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPyPy, libgit2, six, cffi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "pygit2";
+  version = "0.26.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1cbc488ra3kg7r3qky17ms0szi3cda2d96qfkv1l9djsy9hnvw57";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${libgit2}/lib"
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libgit2 six ] ++ lib.optional (!isPyPy) cffi;
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    # disable tests that require networking
+    rm test/test_repository.py
+    rm test/test_credentials.py
+    rm test/test_submodule.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A set of Python bindings to the libgit2 shared library";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pygit2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e4600cf162a5..98470de6b52e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15674,45 +15674,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  pygit2 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pygit2-0.25.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pygit2/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0sja3g9mqwp5bnhdc313b2gc4z3p70nn6zzf2h8j581g0lrn0sg8";
-    };
-
-    # Fixes a bug which can cause test failed when cffi==1.10
-    prePatch = let
-      cffiVersionPatch = pkgs.fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/commit/b88dc868423af2f760f649960112efd0e37e5335.patch";
-        sha256 = "14cfrz56y2dnwlxrrss9pjhxfnyyg5856gbabzjzyx674k0qcid4";
-      };
-    in ''
-      # we need to delete part of the patch because the missing .travis.yml causes problem
-      sed -e '1,36d' ${cffiVersionPatch} | patch -p1
-    '';
-
-    preConfigure = ( if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-      export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${pkgs.libgit2}/lib"
-    '' else "" );
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.libgit2 six ] ++ optionals (!isPyPy) [ cffi ];
-
-    preCheck = ''
-      # disable tests that require networking
-      rm test/test_repository.py
-      rm test/test_credentials.py
-      rm test/test_submodule.py
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pygit2;
-      description = "A set of Python bindings to the libgit2 shared library";
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+  pygit2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygit2 { };
 
   Babel = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "Babel-2.3.4";