diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/path.py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/path.py/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a40635b8d33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/path.py/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools_scm
+, pytestrunner
+, pytest
+, glibcLocales
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "path.py";
+  version = "10.3.1";
+  name = "path.py-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "412706be1cd8ab723c77829f9aa0c4d4b7c7b26c7b1be0275a6841c3cb1001e0";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytestrunner ];
+  buildInputs = [setuptools_scm glibcLocales ];
+
+  LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A module wrapper for os.path";
+    homepage = http://github.com/jaraco/path.py;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test test_path.py
+  '';
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0d0649440c29..d2fa2c38ca32 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17486,29 +17486,7 @@ in {
 
   };
 
-  pathpy = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "10.1";
-    name = "path.py-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/path.py/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "8b0ee56f6c1421a9038823926ee8da354ce70933424b408558bc6b48496587f3";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [setuptools_scm pytestrunner pytest pkgs.glibcLocales ];
-
-    LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A module wrapper for os.path";
-      homepage = http://github.com/jaraco/path.py;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      py.test test_path.py
-    '';
-  };
+  pathpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/path.py { };
 
   paypalrestsdk = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "paypalrestsdk-0.7.0";