diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_lifecycleevent/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_lifecycleevent/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..902e6c51adb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_lifecycleevent/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, zope_event
+, zope_component
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zope.lifecycleevent";
+  version = "3.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0s5brphqzzz89cykg61gy7zcmz0ryq1jj2va7gh2n1b3cccllp95";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_event zope_component ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.lifecycleevent;
+    description = "Object life-cycle events";
+    license = licenses.zpl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7528f781941f..a634b21b7146 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4204,21 +4204,7 @@ in {
 
   zope_i18nmessageid = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_i18nmessageid { };
 
-  zope_lifecycleevent = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "zope.lifecycleevent-3.7.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/z/zope.lifecycleevent/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0s5brphqzzz89cykg61gy7zcmz0ryq1jj2va7gh2n1b3cccllp95";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ zope_event zope_component ];
-
-    meta = {
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-    };
-  };
-
+  zope_lifecycleevent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_lifecycleevent { };
 
   zope_location = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "zope.location-4.0.3";