diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxattr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxattr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..558dc37a394f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxattr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib
+, pkgs
+, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonPackage
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+    pname = "pyxattr";
+    version = "0.6.0";
+    name = pname + "-" + version;
+
+    src = fetchPypi {
+      inherit pname version;
+      sha256 = "1a3fqjlgbzq5hmc3yrnxxxl8nyn3rz2kfn17svbsahaq4gj0xl09";
+    };
+
+    # IOError: [Errno 95] Operation not supported (expected)
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    buildInputs = with pkgs; [ attr ];
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "A Python extension module which gives access to the extended attributes for filesystem objects available in some operating systems";
+      license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 933635931887..1e90fb1ae723 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17612,25 +17612,7 @@ in {
 
   pywinrm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pywinrm { };
 
-  pyxattr = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "pyxattr-0.5.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/downloads/iustin/pyxattr/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0jmkffik6hdzs7ng8c65bggss2ai40nm59jykswdf5lpd36cxddq";
-    };
-
-    # error: invalid command 'test'
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.attr ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A Python extension module which gives access to the extended attributes for filesystem objects available in some operating systems";
-      license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    };
-  });
-
+  pyxattr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyxattr { };
 
   pyaml = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "pyaml-15.02.1";