diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytimeparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytimeparse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce5ff058664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytimeparse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, nose }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+    pname = "pytimeparse";
+    version = "1.1.6";
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+    src = fetchPypi {
+      inherit pname version;
+      sha256 = "0imbb68i5n5fm704gv47if1blpxd4f8g16qmp5ar07cavgh2mibl";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ nose ];
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "A small Python library to parse various kinds of time expressions";
+      homepage    = "https://github.com/wroberts/pytimeparse";
+      license     = licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 03958bc9d7f..6f46ee91d63 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -318,25 +318,7 @@ in {
 
   python-stdnum = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-stdnum { };
 
-  pytimeparse = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "pytimeparse";
-    version = "1.1.6";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A small Python library to parse various kinds of time expressions";
-      homepage    = "https://github.com/wroberts/pytimeparse";
-      license     = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ nose ];
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "0imbb68i5n5fm704gv47if1blpxd4f8g16qmp5ar07cavgh2mibl";
-    };
-  };
+  pytimeparse =  callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytimeparse { };
 
   PyWebDAV = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pywebdav { };