diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blinker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blinker/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5dd9d10961b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blinker/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "blinker";
+  version = "1.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1dpq0vb01p36jjwbhhd08ylvrnyvcc82yxx3mwjx6awrycjyw6j7";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://pythonhosted.org/blinker/;
+    description = "Fast, simple object-to-object and broadcast signaling";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9bb2408f2ac..315e054acae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1289,22 +1289,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  blinker = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "blinker-${version}";
-    version = "1.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/b/blinker/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1dpq0vb01p36jjwbhhd08ylvrnyvcc82yxx3mwjx6awrycjyw6j7";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://pythonhosted.org/blinker/;
-      description = "Fast, simple object-to-object and broadcast signaling";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
-    };
-  };
+  blinker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/blinker { };
 
   blockdiag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/blockdiag { };