diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/configargparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/configargparse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8bbbd6adec7e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/configargparse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ConfigArgParse";
+  version = "0.12.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0fgkiqh6r3rbkdq3k8c48m85g52k96686rw3a6jg4lcncrkpvk98";
+  };
+
+  # no tests in tarball
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A drop-in replacement for argparse";
+    homepage = https://github.com/zorro3/ConfigArgParse;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainer = [ maintainers.willibutz ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5e51f8edfda0c6..5151388a5299ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9287,28 +9287,7 @@ in {
     buildInputs = with self; [ nose ];
   };
 
-  ConfigArgParse = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "ConfigArgParse-${version}";
-    version = "0.9.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/C/ConfigArgParse/ConfigArgParse-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0a984pvv7370yz7zbkl6s6i7yyl9myahx0m9jkjvg3hz5q8mf70l";
-    };
-
-    # no tests in tarball
-    doCheck = false;
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-
-    ];
-    buildInputs = with self; [
-
-    ];
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/zorro3/ConfigArgParse";
-    };
-  };
+  ConfigArgParse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/configargparse { };
 
   jsonschema = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonschema { };