diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rednose/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rednose/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9736dcb6f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rednose/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, nose, six, colorama, termstyle }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rednose";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "6da77917788be277b70259edc0bb92fc6f28fe268b765b4ea88206cc3543a3e1";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "six==1.10.0" "six>=1.10.0"
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ six ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ nose colorama termstyle ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A python nose plugin adding color to console results";
+    homepage = https://github.com/JBKahn/rednose;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8b0c64012c38..1dd911525430 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15028,22 +15028,7 @@ in {
 
   redis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/redis { };
 
-  rednose = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "rednose-${version}";
-    version = "1.2.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/r/rednose/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0b0bsna217lr1nykyhl5fgjly15zhdvqd4prg4wy1zrgfv7al6m0";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A python nose plugin adding color to console results.";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose six ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ colorama termstyle ];
-  };
+  rednose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rednose { };
 
   reikna = callPackage ../development/python-modules/reikna { };