diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/graphviz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/graphviz/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..42a698906814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/graphviz/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "graphviz";
+  version = "0.9";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "14r9brj4r31b3qy1nnn34v3l4h0n39bqxg9sn2fz4p3pp5mglnl6";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.graphviz ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Simple Python interface for Graphviz";
+    homepage = https://github.com/xflr6/graphviz;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f1fc2e63b897..cbde624cfa1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2879,23 +2879,7 @@ in {
 
   pyte = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyte { };
 
-  graphviz = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "graphviz-${version}";
-    version = "0.9";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/g/graphviz/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "14r9brj4r31b3qy1nnn34v3l4h0n39bqxg9sn2fz4p3pp5mglnl6";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.graphviz ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Simple Python interface for Graphviz";
-      homepage = https://github.com/xflr6/graphviz;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  graphviz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/graphviz { };
 
   pygraphviz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygraphviz { };