diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rope/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rope/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db08ad2a5c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rope/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rope";
+  version = "0.10.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1lc01pjn0yr6yqcpbf6kk170zg8zhnyzj8kqlsch1mag0g9dz7m0";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python refactoring library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/python-rope/rope;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8f88c7e17ee2..a50e20f085f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17490,24 +17490,7 @@ in {
 
   rootpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rootpy { };
 
-  rope = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.10.2";
-    name = "rope-${version}";
-
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/r/rope/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0rdlvp8h74qs49wz1hx6qy8mgp2ddwlfs7z13h9139ynq04a3z7z";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python refactoring library";
-      homepage = http://rope.sf.net;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-    };
-  };
+  rope = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rope { };
 
   ropper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ropper { };