diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipyparallel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipyparallel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e8ea0489207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipyparallel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, dateutil
+, ipython_genutils
+, decorator
+, pyzmq
+, ipython
+, jupyter_client
+, ipykernel
+, tornado
+, isPy3k
+, futures
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ipyparallel";
+  version = "6.0.2";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "7eea4780266252fcc987b220a302d589fbb4d6b0569bd131115a20b31891103d";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dateutil ipython_genutils decorator pyzmq ipython jupyter_client ipykernel tornado
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [ futures ];
+
+  # Requires access to cluster
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Interactive Parallel Computing with IPython";
+    homepage = http://ipython.org/;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6e7207e3a49c..7274913a817d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13110,31 +13110,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  ipyparallel = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "6.0.0";
-    name = "ipyparallel-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/i/ipyparallel/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "9bb5032e98a8c73ddb3da5fb8eecd93c676a5278b68799ab19257b348a0a27f6";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose ];
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ dateutil ipython_genutils decorator pyzmq ipython jupyter_client ipykernel tornado
-    ] ++ optionals (!isPy3k) [ futures ];
-
-    # Requires access to cluster
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Interactive Parallel Computing with IPython";
-      homepage = http://ipython.org/;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ fridh ];
-    };
-
-  };
+  ipyparallel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipyparallel { };
 
   ipython = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "5.3.0";