diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pexif/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pexif/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac1c7de86820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pexif/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pexif";
+  version = "0.15";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "45a3be037c7ba8b64bbfc48f3586402cc17de55bb9d7357ef2bc99954a18da3f";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A module for editing JPEG EXIF data";
+    homepage = http://www.benno.id.au/code/pexif/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4e1f203a2bd1..098b4e9acb1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3129,21 +3129,7 @@ in {
 
   percol = callPackage ../development/python-modules/percol { };
 
-  pexif = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pexif-${version}";
-    version = "0.15";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pexif/pexif-0.15.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "45a3be037c7ba8b64bbfc48f3586402cc17de55bb9d7357ef2bc99954a18da3f";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A module for editing JPEG EXIF data";
-      homepage = http://www.benno.id.au/code/pexif/;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  pexif = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pexif { };
 
   pexpect = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pexpect { };