diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_dottedname/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_dottedname/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d5ef91b983f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_dottedname/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zope.dottedname";
+  version = "3.4.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "331d801d98e539fa6c5d50c3835ecc144c429667f483281505de53fc771e6bf5";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.dottedname;
+    description = "Resolver for Python dotted names";
+    license = licenses.zpl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e590dbba6039..e6e54fca8a51 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4192,19 +4192,6 @@ in {
 
   zope_contenttype = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_contenttype { };
 
-  zope_dottedname = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "zope.dottedname-3.4.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/z/zope.dottedname/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "331d801d98e539fa6c5d50c3835ecc144c429667f483281505de53fc771e6bf5";
-    };
-    meta = {
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-    };
-  };
-
-
   zope_event = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "zope.event-${version}";
     version = "4.0.3";
@@ -4221,6 +4208,7 @@ in {
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
     };
   };
+  zope_dottedname = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_dottedname { };
 
 
   zope_exceptions = buildPythonPackage rec {