diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nameparser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nameparser/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3e67fa7b985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nameparser/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nameparser";
+  version = "0.3.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1zi94m99ziwwd6kkip3w2xpnl05r2cfv9iq68inz7np81c3g8vag";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A simple Python module for parsing human names into their individual components";
+    homepage = https://github.com/derek73/python-nameparser;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e16a15b0b910..d903dc78a69d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2939,21 +2939,7 @@ in {
   });
 
 
-  nameparser = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "nameparser-${version}";
-    version = "0.3.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/n/nameparser/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1zi94m99ziwwd6kkip3w2xpnl05r2cfv9iq68inz7np81c3g8vag";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A simple Python module for parsing human names into their individual components";
-      homepage = https://github.com/derek73/python-nameparser;
-      license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    };
-  };
+  nameparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nameparser { };
 
   nbconvert = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbconvert { };