diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy-migrate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy-migrate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..11ed3a8d6733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy-migrate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl, python,
+  unittest2, scripttest, pytz, pylint, tempest-lib, mock, testtools,
+  pbr, tempita, decorator, sqlalchemy, six, sqlparse 
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "sqlalchemy-migrate-${version}";
+  version = "0.11.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/s/sqlalchemy-migrate/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0ld2bihp9kmf57ykgzrfgxs4j9kxlw79sgdj9sfn47snw3izb2p6";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unittest2 scripttest pytz pylint tempest-lib mock testtools ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pbr tempita decorator sqlalchemy six sqlparse ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    export PATH=$PATH:$out/bin
+    echo sqlite:///__tmp__ > test_db.cfg
+    # depends on ibm_db_sa
+    rm migrate/tests/changeset/databases/test_ibmdb2.py
+    # wants very old testtools
+    rm migrate/tests/versioning/test_schema.py
+    # transient failures on py27
+    substituteInPlace migrate/tests/versioning/test_util.py --replace "test_load_model" "noop"
+    ${python.interpreter} setup.py test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://code.google.com/p/sqlalchemy-migrate/;
+    description = "Schema migration tools for SQLAlchemy";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9151bbd08090..2bf9f13d54a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -24735,37 +24735,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-
-  sqlalchemy_migrate_func = sqlalchemy: buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "sqlalchemy-migrate-0.10.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/sqlalchemy-migrate/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "00z0lzjs4ksr9yr31zs26csyacjvavhpz6r74xaw1r89kk75qg7q";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ unittest2 scripttest pytz pylint tempest-lib mock testtools ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pbr tempita decorator sqlalchemy six sqlparse ];
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      export PATH=$PATH:$out/bin
-      echo sqlite:///__tmp__ > test_db.cfg
-      # depends on ibm_db_sa
-      rm migrate/tests/changeset/databases/test_ibmdb2.py
-      # wants very old testtools
-      rm migrate/tests/versioning/test_schema.py
-      # transient failures on py27
-      substituteInPlace migrate/tests/versioning/test_util.py --replace "test_load_model" "noop"
-      ${python.interpreter} setup.py test
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://code.google.com/p/sqlalchemy-migrate/;
-      description = "Schema migration tools for SQLAlchemy";
-    };
-  };
-
-  sqlalchemy_migrate = self.sqlalchemy_migrate_func self.sqlalchemy;
+  sqlalchemy_migrate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sqlalchemy-migrate { };
 
   sqlparse = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "sqlparse-${version}";