diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/functools32/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/functools32/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fea79db3d05b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/functools32/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+if isPy3k then null else buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "functools32";
+  version = "3.2.3-2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0v8ya0b58x47wp216n1zamimv4iw57cxz3xxhzix52jkw3xks9gn";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "This is a backport of the functools standard library module from";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/MiCHiLU/python-functools32";
+    license = licenses.psfl;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 78991a228cc9..d846e9b99ec4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1800,21 +1800,7 @@ in {
 
   fastcache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastcache { };
 
-  functools32 = if isPy3k then null else buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "functools32-${version}";
-    version = "3.2.3-2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/f/functools32/functools32-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0v8ya0b58x47wp216n1zamimv4iw57cxz3xxhzix52jkw3xks9gn";
-    };
-
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "This is a backport of the functools standard library module from";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/MiCHiLU/python-functools32";
-    };
-  };
+  functools32 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/functools32 { };
 
   gateone = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "gateone-1.2-0d57c3";