diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/percol/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/percol/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ecb6de2d236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/percol/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "percol";
+  version = "0.0.8";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "169s5mhw1s60qbsd6pkf9bb2x6wfgx8hn8nw9d4qgc68qnnpp2cj";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/mooz/percol;
+    description = "Adds flavor of interactive filtering to the traditional pipe concept of shell";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ koral ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e74a55c5b7a1..4e1f203a2bd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3127,25 +3127,7 @@ in {
 
   pep257 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pep257 { };
 
-  percol = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "percol-${version}";
-    version = "0.0.8";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/percol/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "169s5mhw1s60qbsd6pkf9bb2x6wfgx8hn8nw9d4qgc68qnnpp2cj";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/mooz/percol;
-      description = "Adds flavor of interactive filtering to the traditional pipe concept of shell";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ koral ];
-    };
-  };
+  percol = callPackage ../development/python-modules/percol { };
 
   pexif = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pexif-${version}";