diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nosejs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nosejs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82c01e8643f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nosejs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "NoseJS";
+  version = "0.9.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0qrhkd3sga56qf6k0sqyhwfcladwi05gl6aqmr0xriiq1sgva5dy";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests -v
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://pypi.org/project/NoseJS/;
+    description = "A Nose plugin for integrating JavaScript tests into a Python test suite";
+    license = licenses.free;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3527a02aead7..504e4265f2be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2987,19 +2987,7 @@ in {
 
   nosexcover = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nosexcover { };
 
-  nosejs = buildPythonPackage {
-    name = "nosejs-0.9.4";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://pypi/N/NoseJS/NoseJS-0.9.4.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "0qrhkd3sga56qf6k0sqyhwfcladwi05gl6aqmr0xriiq1sgva5dy";
-    };
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose ];
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      nosetests -v
-    '';
-
-  };
+  nosejs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nosejs { };
 
   nose-cprof = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "nose-cprof-${version}";