diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycparser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycparser/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..afc3bc42dc2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycparser/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, python }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pycparser";
+  version = "2.14";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0wvzyb6rxsfj3xcnpa4ynbh9qc7rrbk2277d5wqpphmx9akv8nbr";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover -s tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "C parser in Python";
+    homepage = https://github.com/eliben/pycparser;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7605f7fe028b..dd9d9d42ed8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1842,26 +1842,7 @@ in {
 
   pycontracts = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycontracts { };
 
-  pycparser = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pycparser-${version}";
-    version = "2.14";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pycparser/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "7959b4a74abdc27b312fed1c21e6caf9309ce0b29ea86b591fd2e99ecdf27f73";
-    };
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover -s tests
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "C parser in Python";
-      homepage = https://github.com/eliben/pycparser;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
-    };
-  };
+  pycparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycparser { };
 
   pydub = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydub {};