diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qserve/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qserve/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad1a7fd2ca36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qserve/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "qserve";
+  version = "0.2.8";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "0b04b2d4d11b464ff1efd42a9ea9f8136187d59f4076f57c9ba95361d41cd7ed";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Job queue server";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pediapress/qserve";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0985a5c406b4..3973b80afcf8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3558,23 +3558,7 @@ in {
 
   qscintilla = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qscintilla { };
 
-  qserve = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "qserve-0.2.8";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/q/qserve/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "0b04b2d4d11b464ff1efd42a9ea9f8136187d59f4076f57c9ba95361d41cd7ed";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Job queue server";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/pediapress/qserve";
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  qserve = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qserve { };
 
   qtawesome = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qtawesome { };