diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c90161c6eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "publicsuffix";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1adx520249z2cy7ykwjr1k190mn2888wqn9jf8qm27ly4qymjxxf";
+  };
+
+
+  # fix the ASCII-mode LICENSE file read
+  # disable test_fetch and the doctests (which also invoke fetch)
+  patchPhase = stdenv.lib.optionalString isPy3k ''
+    sed -i "s/)\.read(/,encoding='utf-8'\0/" setup.py
+  '' + ''
+    sed -i -e "/def test_fetch/i\\
+    \\t@unittest.skip('requires internet')" -e "/def additional_tests():/,+1d" tests.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Allows to get the public suffix of a domain name";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/publicsuffix/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8702a455546e..4a01917edb5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12693,31 +12693,7 @@ in {
 
   ptpython = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ptpython {};
 
-  publicsuffix = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "publicsuffix-${version}";
-    version = "1.1.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/publicsuffix/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1adx520249z2cy7ykwjr1k190mn2888wqn9jf8qm27ly4qymjxxf";
-    };
-
-    # fix the ASCII-mode LICENSE file read
-    # disable test_fetch and the doctests (which also invoke fetch)
-    patchPhase = optionalString isPy3k ''
-      sed -i "s/)\.read(/,encoding='utf-8'\0/" setup.py
-    '' + ''
-      sed -i -e "/def test_fetch/i\\
-      \\t@unittest.skip('requires internet')" -e "/def additional_tests():/,+1d" tests.py
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Allows to get the public suffix of a domain name";
-      homepage = "http://pypi.python.org/pypi/publicsuffix/";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
-
+  publicsuffix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/publicsuffix {};
 
   py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py { };