diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/appnope/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/appnope/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08f6fa529ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/appnope/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "appnope";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "8b995ffe925347a2138d7ac0fe77155e4311a0ea6d6da4f5128fe4b3cbe5ed71";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Disable App Nap on macOS";
+    homepage    = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/appnope;
+    platforms   = lib.platforms.darwin;
+    license     = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3350fad20068..5b8639edce79 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -571,22 +571,7 @@ in {
 
   application = callPackage ../development/python-modules/application { };
 
-  appnope = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.1.0";
-    name = "appnope-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/a/appnope/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "8b995ffe925347a2138d7ac0fe77155e4311a0ea6d6da4f5128fe4b3cbe5ed71";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Disable App Nap on macOS";
-      homepage    = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/appnope;
-      platforms   = platforms.darwin;
-      license     = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  appnope = callPackage ../development/python-modules/appnope { };
 
   apsw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/apsw {};