diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/posix_ipc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/posix_ipc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0114c9b66eb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/posix_ipc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "posix_ipc";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1jzg66708pi5n9w07fbz6rlxx30cjds9hp2yawjjfryafh1hg4ww";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "POSIX IPC primitives (semaphores, shared memory and message queues)";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    homepage = http://semanchuk.com/philip/posix_ipc/;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a000c355a7df..beed184022bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3197,21 +3197,7 @@ in {
 
   polib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/polib {};
 
-  posix_ipc = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "posix_ipc-${version}";
-    version = "1.0.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/posix_ipc/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1jzg66708pi5n9w07fbz6rlxx30cjds9hp2yawjjfryafh1hg4ww";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "POSIX IPC primitives (semaphores, shared memory and message queues)";
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      homepage = http://semanchuk.com/philip/posix_ipc/;
-    };
-  };
+  posix_ipc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/posix_ipc { };
 
   portend = callPackage ../development/python-modules/portend { };