diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plotly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plotly/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c2e78ac1f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plotly/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, decorator
+, nbformat
+, pytz
+, requests2
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "plotly";
+  version = "2.0.8";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1zbwx771w6425w4g6l9fhq4x1854fdnni6xq9xhvs8xqgxkrljm5";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    decorator
+    nbformat
+    pytz
+    requests2
+    six
+  ];
+
+  # No tests in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python plotting library for collaborative, interactive, publication-quality graphs";
+    homepage = https://plot.ly/python/;
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c41ed0522c46..97461c8e5f20 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8899,23 +8899,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  plotly = self.buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "plotly-1.9.5";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/plotly/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "628679e880caab22e2a46273e85e1d1ce1382b631e1c7bbfe539f804c5269b21";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ self.pytz self.six self.requests ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python plotting library for collaborative, interactive, publication-quality graphs";
-      homepage = https://plot.ly/python/;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  plotly = callPackage ../development/python-modules/plotly { };
 
   podcastparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/podcastparser { };