diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/limnoria/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/limnoria/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96490c8f0a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/limnoria/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "limnoria";
+  version = "2016.05.06";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "09kbii5559d09jjb6cryj8rva1050r54dvb67hlcvxhy8g3gr1y3";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i 's/version=version/version="${version}"/' setup.py
+  '';
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.git ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A modified version of Supybot, an IRC bot";
+    homepage = http://supybot.fr.cr;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 244d534f6c3..174eed85c3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5717,30 +5717,7 @@ in {
 
   limits = callPackage ../development/python-modules/limits { };
 
-  limnoria = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "limnoria-${version}";
-    version = "2016.05.06";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/l/limnoria/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "09kbii5559d09jjb6cryj8rva1050r54dvb67hlcvxhy8g3gr1y3";
-    };
-
-    patchPhase = ''
-      sed -i 's/version=version/version="${version}"/' setup.py
-    '';
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.git ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [  ];
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A modified version of Supybot, an IRC bot";
-      homepage = http://supybot.fr.cr;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-    };
-  };
+  limnoria = callPackage ../development/python-modules/limnoria { };
 
   line_profiler = callPackage ../development/python-modules/line_profiler { };