diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a79de55d2eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ansi";
+  version = "0.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "06y6470bzvlqys3zi2vc68rmk9n05v1ibral14gbfpgfa8fzy7pg";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    python -c "import ansi.color"
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 80fbc3d544c3..6a9c2ff5716e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -22840,15 +22840,7 @@ EOF
     doCheck = false;
   };
 
-  ansi = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "ansi-${version}";
-    version = "0.1.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/a/ansi/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "06y6470bzvlqys3zi2vc68rmk9n05v1ibral14gbfpgfa8fzy7pg";
-    };
-  };
+  ansi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansi { };
 
   pygments-markdown-lexer = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pygments-markdown-lexer-${version}";