diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/veryprettytable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/veryprettytable/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d71e6331f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/veryprettytable/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, termcolor
+, colorama
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "veryprettytable";
+  version = "0.8.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1k1rifz8x6qcicmx2is9vgxcj0qb2f5pvzrp7zhmvbmci3yack3f";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ termcolor colorama ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A simple Python library for easily displaying tabular data in a visually appealing ASCII table format";
+    homepage = https://github.com/smeggingsmegger/VeryPrettyTable;
+    license = licenses.free;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 32c4d4c3a328..21bd139edcf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4296,23 +4296,7 @@ in {
 
   versiontools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/versiontools { };
 
-  veryprettytable = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "veryprettytable-${version}";
-    version = "0.8.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/v/veryprettytable/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1k1rifz8x6qcicmx2is9vgxcj0qb2f5pvzrp7zhmvbmci3yack3f";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ self.termcolor self.colorama ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A simple Python library for easily displaying tabular data in a visually appealing ASCII table format";
-      homepage = https://github.com/smeggingsmegger/VeryPrettyTable;
-      license = licenses.free;
-    };
-  };
+  veryprettytable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/veryprettytable { };
 
   graphite-web = callPackage ../development/python-modules/graphite-web { };