diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/redis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/redis/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87700d8edc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/redis/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "redis";
+  version = "2.10.6";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "03vcgklykny0g0wpvqmy8p6azi2s078317wgb2xjv5m2rs9sjb52";
+  };
+
+  # tests require a running redis
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python client for Redis key-value store";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/redis/";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7c6ca4bd1fc..82ff3b64cd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18585,22 +18585,7 @@ in {
 
   };
 
-  redis = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "redis-2.10.5";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/r/redis/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0csmrkxb29x7xs9b51zplwkkq2hwnbh9jns1g85dykn5rxmaxysx";
-    };
-
-    # tests require a running redis
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python client for Redis key-value store";
-      homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/redis/";
-    };
-  };
+  redis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/redis { };
 
   rednose = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "rednose-${version}";