diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qrcode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qrcode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..173f3f579b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qrcode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, six
+, pillow
+, pymaging_png
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "qrcode";
+  version = "5.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0kljfrfq0c2rmxf8am57333ia41kd0snbm2rnqbdy816hgpcq5a1";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six pillow pymaging_png ];
+  checkInputs = [ mock ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Quick Response code generation for Python";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/qrcode";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 70cb6137343..ea5cbfcbd7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3981,24 +3981,7 @@ in {
 
   tlslite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tlslite { };
 
-  qrcode = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "qrcode-${version}";
-    version = "5.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/q/qrcode/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0kljfrfq0c2rmxf8am57333ia41kd0snbm2rnqbdy816hgpcq5a1";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six pillow pymaging_png ];
-    checkInputs = [ self.mock ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Quick Response code generation for Python";
-      homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/qrcode";
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  qrcode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qrcode { };
 
   tmdb3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tmdb3 { };