diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/unidecode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unidecode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a5da395ee34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unidecode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, glibcLocales }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "Unidecode";
+  version = "0.04.21";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0lfhp9c5xrbpjvbpr12ji52g1lx04404bzzdg6pvabhzisw6l2i8";
+  };
+
+  LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
+
+  buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Unidecode/;
+    description = "ASCII transliterations of Unicode text";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9edf6571a527..19899264a7bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -24149,26 +24149,7 @@ EOF
   };
 
 
-  unidecode = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "Unidecode-0.04.18";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/U/Unidecode/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "12hhblqy1ajvidm38im4171x4arg83pfmziyn53nizp29p3m14gi";
-    };
-
-    LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
-
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.glibcLocales ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Unidecode/;
-      description = "ASCII transliterations of Unicode text";
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
-    };
-  };
-
+  unidecode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unidecode {};
 
   pyusb = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pyusb-1.0.0";