diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/testpath/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/testpath/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cda5abda5292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/testpath/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "testpath";
+  version = "0.3";
+  format = "wheel";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version format;
+    sha256 = "f16b2cb3b03e1ada4fb0200b265a4446f92f3ba4b9d88ace34f51c54ab6d294e";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Test utilities for code working with files and commands";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    homepage = https://github.com/jupyter/testpath;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 75d37d4eef18..923a2d8db60d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3949,34 +3949,7 @@ in {
 
   testscenarios = callPackage ../development/python-modules/testscenarios { };
 
-  testpath = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "testpath";
-    version = "0.3";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-    #format = "flit";
-    #src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-    #  owner = "jupyter";
-    #  repo = pname;
-    #  rev = "${version}";
-    #  sha256 = "1ghzmkrsrk9xrj42pjsq5gl7v3g2v0ji0xy0xzzxp5aizd3wrvl9";
-    #};
-    #doCheck = true;
-    #checkPhase = ''
-    #  ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
-    #'';
-    format = "wheel";
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version format;
-      sha256 = "f16b2cb3b03e1ada4fb0200b265a4446f92f3ba4b9d88ace34f51c54ab6d294e";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Test utilities for code working with files and commands";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      homepage = https://github.com/jupyter/testpath;
-    };
-  };
+  testpath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/testpath { };
 
   testrepository = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "testrepository-${version}";