diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/web/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/web/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86c9d435f1e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/web/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.37";
+  pname = "web.py";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "748c7e99ad9e36f62ea19f7965eb7dd7860b530e8f563ed60ce3e53e7409a550";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Makes web apps";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Think about the ideal way to write a web app.
+      Write the code to make it happen.
+    '';
+    homepage = "http://webpy.org/";
+    license = licenses.publicDomain;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ layus ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6d8287257cce..5b91c80b50fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4113,27 +4113,7 @@ in {
 
   wcwidth = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wcwidth { };
 
-  web = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.37";
-    name = "web.py-${version}";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/w/web.py/web.py-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "748c7e99ad9e36f62ea19f7965eb7dd7860b530e8f563ed60ce3e53e7409a550";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Makes web apps";
-      longDescription = ''
-        Think about the ideal way to write a web app.
-        Write the code to make it happen.
-      '';
-      homepage = "http://webpy.org/";
-      license = licenses.publicDomain;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ layus ];
-    };
-  };
+  web = callPackage ../development/python-modules/web { };
 
   webob = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "WebOb";