diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..895272f351de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, gssapi, pyasn1 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "2.3";
+  pname = "ldap3";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1b36lwil4iflk2ay8gi663abpnfm8id7qg4n3jkmmqbnc1sv6mn0";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gssapi ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyasn1 ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # requires network
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ldap3;
+    description = "A strictly RFC 4510 conforming LDAP V3 pure Python client library";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b9f62a1f34b9..f7db34b4f61e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -16856,25 +16856,7 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) openldap cyrus_sasl openssl;
   };
 
-  ldap3 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "1.0.4";
-    name = "ldap3-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/l/ldap3/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0j4qqj9vq022hy7wfqn8s0j4vm2g6paabbzas1vbyspawvcfai98";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ gssapi ];
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pyasn1 ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ldap3;
-      description = "A strictly RFC 4510 conforming LDAP V3 pure Python client library";
-      license = licenses.lgpl3;
-    };
-  };
+  ldap3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ldap3 {};
 
   ptest = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = pname + "-" + version;