diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cookies/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cookies/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b8e5b6061d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cookies/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cookies";
+  version = "2.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "13pfndz8vbk4p2a44cfbjsypjarkrall71pgc97glk5fiiw9idnn";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Friendlier RFC 6265-compliant cookie parser/renderer";
+    homepage = https://github.com/sashahart/cookies;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 60d529709315..3bbdd68c7fec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1647,22 +1647,7 @@ in {
 
   cookiecutter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cookiecutter { };
 
-  cookies = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "cookies-2.2.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/c/cookies/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "13pfndz8vbk4p2a44cfbjsypjarkrall71pgc97glk5fiiw9idnn";
-    };
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Friendlier RFC 6265-compliant cookie parser/renderer";
-      homepage = https://github.com/sashahart/cookies;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  cookies = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cookies { };
 
   coveralls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coveralls { };