diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xstatic-bootbox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xstatic-bootbox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68c81157eb08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xstatic-bootbox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, lib
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "XStatic-Bootbox";
+  version = "4.3.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version pname;
+    sha256 = "0wks1lsqngn3gvlhzrvaan1zj8w4wr58xi0pfqhrzckbghvvr0gj";
+  };
+
+  # no tests implemented
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib;{
+    homepage = http://bootboxjs.com;
+    description = "Bootboxjs packaged static files for python";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ makefu ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 18639676daa4..634be631b51b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20469,21 +20469,7 @@ EOF
 
   xstatic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xstatic {};
 
-  xstatic-bootbox = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "XStatic-Bootbox-${version}";
-    version = "4.3.0.1";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/X/XStatic-Bootbox/XStatic-Bootbox-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0wks1lsqngn3gvlhzrvaan1zj8w4wr58xi0pfqhrzckbghvvr0gj";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage =  http://bootboxjs.com;
-      description = "bootboxjs packaged static files for python";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = [ maintainers.makefu ];
-    };
-  };
+  xstatic-bootbox = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xstatic-bootbox {};
 
   xstatic-bootstrap = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "XStatic-Bootstrap-${version}";