diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xarray/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xarray/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe0497bc0e89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xarray/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, numpy
+, pandas
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "xarray";
+  version = "0.9.5";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "d23bfcc317829570daa1fe8306ad7ff62cd77847bbd68e3ffc53d847bff7c36d";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [numpy pandas];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test $out/${python.sitePackages}
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "N-D labeled arrays and datasets in Python";
+    homepage = https://github.com/pydata/xarray;
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 681710d85885..38cab5cc0a25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -27250,29 +27250,7 @@ EOF
     };
   });
 
-  xarray = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "xarray-${version}";
-    version = "0.9.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/x/xarray/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "89772ed0e23f0e71c3fb8323746374999ecbe79c113e3fadc7ae6374e6dc0525";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [numpy pandas];
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      py.test $out/${python.sitePackages}
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "N-D labeled arrays and datasets in Python";
-      homepage = https://github.com/pydata/xarray;
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ fridh ];
-    };
-  };
+  xarray = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xarray { };
 
   xlwt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xlwt { };