diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/paypalrestsdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/paypalrestsdk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c050ff9e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/paypalrestsdk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, httplib2 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "paypalrestsdk";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "117kfipzfahf9ysv414bh1mmm5cc9ck5zb6rhpslx1f8gk3frvd6";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ httplib2 ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://developer.paypal.com/;
+    description = "Python APIs to create, process and manage payment";
+    license = "PayPal SDK License";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5a2cc8a4942..83b30f0ab86 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11878,22 +11878,7 @@ in {
 
   pathpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/path.py { };
 
-  paypalrestsdk = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "paypalrestsdk-0.7.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/paypalrestsdk/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "117kfipzfahf9ysv414bh1mmm5cc9ck5zb6rhpslx1f8gk3frvd6";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ httplib2 ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://developer.paypal.com/;
-      description = "Python APIs to create, process and manage payment";
-      license = "PayPal SDK License";
-    };
-  };
+  paypalrestsdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/paypalrestsdk { };
 
   pbr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pbr { };