diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tmdb3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tmdb3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c71b9b69526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tmdb3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "tmdb3";
+  version = "0.6.17";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "64a6c3f1a60a9d8bf18f96a5403f3735b334040345ac3646064931c209720972";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python implementation of the v3 API for TheMovieDB.org, allowing access to movie and cast information";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tmdb3;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ddd47b9a882b..887001598f86 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -16915,21 +16915,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  tmdb3 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "tmdb3-${version}";
-    version = "0.6.17";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/tmdb3/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "64a6c3f1a60a9d8bf18f96a5403f3735b334040345ac3646064931c209720972";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python implementation of the v3 API for TheMovieDB.org, allowing access to movie and cast information";
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tmdb3;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  tmdb3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tmdb3 { };
 
   toolz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/toolz { };