diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pathlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pathlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d70178dac857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pathlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+, pythonAtLeast
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pathlib";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.4"; # Was added to std library in Python 3.4
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "17zajiw4mjbkkv6ahp3xf025qglkj0805m9s41c45zryzj6p2h39";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Object-oriented filesystem paths";
+    homepage = https://pathlib.readthedocs.org/;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8e9ff72c752d..c8b4a8ace418 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ in {
 
   palettable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/palettable { };
 
+  pathlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pathlib { };
+
   pdf2image = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdf2image { };
 
   pdfminer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdfminer_six { };
@@ -9458,27 +9460,6 @@ in {
 
   patator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/patator { };
 
-  pathlib = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pathlib-${version}";
-    version = "1.0.1";
-    disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.4"; # Was added to std library in Python 3.4
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pathlib/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "17zajiw4mjbkkv6ahp3xf025qglkj0805m9s41c45zryzj6p2h39";
-    };
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Object-oriented filesystem paths";
-      homepage = "https://pathlib.readthedocs.org/";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
-
   pathlib2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pathlib2 { };
 
   pathpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/path.py { };