diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pychart/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pychart/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..259c87347d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pychart/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pychart";
+  version = "1.39";
+
+  disabled = ! isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "882650928776a7ca72e67054a9e0ac98f78645f279c0cfb5910db28f03f07c2e";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library for creating high quality encapsulated Postscript, PDF, PNG, or SVG charts";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyChart;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9c80f91421a6..ac52388e1227 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -19655,21 +19655,7 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
-  pychart = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pychart-1.39";
-    disabled = ! isPy27;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://download.gna.org/pychart/PyChart-1.39.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "882650928776a7ca72e67054a9e0ac98f78645f279c0cfb5910db28f03f07c2e";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Library for creating high quality encapsulated Postscript, PDF, PNG, or SVG charts";
-      homepage = http://home.gna.org/pychart/;
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-    };
-  };
+  pychart = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pychart {};
 
   parsimonious = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.7.0";