diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_proxy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_proxy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0fdd70e2a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_proxy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, zope_interface
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zope.proxy";
+  version = "4.1.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0pqwwmvm1prhwv1ziv9lp8iirz7xkwb6n2kyj36p2h0ppyyhjnm4";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_interface ];
+
+  # circular deps
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.proxy;
+    description = "Generic Transparent Proxies";
+    license = licenses.zpl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 38933d9c440..c004f116458 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4208,24 +4208,7 @@ in {
 
   zope_location = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_location { };
 
-  zope_proxy = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "zope.proxy-4.1.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/z/zope.proxy/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0pqwwmvm1prhwv1ziv9lp8iirz7xkwb6n2kyj36p2h0ppyyhjnm4";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ zope_interface ];
-
-    # circular deps
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-    };
-  };
-
+  zope_proxy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_proxy { };
 
   zope_schema = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "zope.schema-4.4.2";