diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pafy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pafy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..77ed1d6c4c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pafy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, youtube-dl, fetchPypi }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "pafy";
+  version = "0.5.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1a7dxi95m1043rxx1r5x3ngb66nwlq6aqcasyqqjzmmmjps4zrim";
+  };
+
+  # No tests included in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ youtube-dl ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A library to download YouTube content and retrieve metadata";
+    homepage = http://np1.github.io/pafy/;
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ odi ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f519e182d3ea..e090abb47a4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -25318,27 +25318,7 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
-  pafy = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pafy-${version}";
-    version = "0.5.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pafy/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1ckvrypyvb7jbqlgwdz0y337ajagjv7dgxyns326nqwypn1wpq0i";
-    };
-
-    # No tests included in archive
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ youtube-dl ];
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "A library to download YouTube content and retrieve metadata";
-      homepage = http://np1.github.io/pafy/;
-      license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ odi ];
-    };
-  };
+  pafy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pafy { };
 
   suds = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "suds-0.4";