diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mixpanel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mixpanel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a99913c6c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mixpanel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchzip
+, pytest
+, mock
+, six
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "4.0.2";
+  pname = "mixpanel";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python/archive/${version}.zip";
+    sha256 = "0yq1bcsjzsz7yz4rp69izsdn47rvkld4wki2xmapp8gg2s9i8709";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest mock ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+  checkPhase = "py.test tests.py";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python;
+    description = ''This is the official Mixpanel Python library'';
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c87004a3835..05c8f96894b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1435,27 +1435,7 @@ in {
 
   miniupnpc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/miniupnpc {};
 
-  mixpanel = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "4.0.2";
-    name = "mixpanel-${version}";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchzip {
-      url = "https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python/archive/${version}.zip";
-      sha256 = "0yq1bcsjzsz7yz4rp69izsdn47rvkld4wki2xmapp8gg2s9i8709";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest mock ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six ];
-    checkPhase = "py.test tests.py";
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/mixpanel/mixpanel-python;
-      description = "This is the official Mixpanel Python library. This library
-                     allows for server-side integration of Mixpanel.";
-      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
-    };
-  };
+  mixpanel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mixpanel { };
 
   mpyq = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpyq { };