diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmissionrpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmissionrpc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a484692d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmissionrpc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "transmissionrpc";
+  version = "0.11";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "ec43b460f9fde2faedbfa6d663ef495b3fd69df855a135eebe8f8a741c0dde60";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "transmissionrpc" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python implementation of the Transmission bittorent client RPC protocol";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/transmissionrpc/";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fc77de9a88d..566a2f1c9a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8061,7 +8061,7 @@ in {
 
   transmission-rpc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/transmission-rpc { };
 
-  transmissionrpc = self.transmission-rpc; # alias for compatibility 2020-02-07
+  transmissionrpc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/transmissionrpc { };
 
   treq = callPackage ../development/python-modules/treq { };