diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gdata/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gdata/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbf2911ce19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gdata/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchurl
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "gdata";
+  version = "2.0.18";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://gdata-python-client.googlecode.com/files/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1dpxl5hwyyqd71avpm5vkvw8fhlvf9liizmhrq9jphhrx0nx5rsn";
+  };
+
+  # Fails with "error: invalid command 'test'"
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/;
+    description = "Python client library for Google data APIs";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d06351ce218..92e216ee9c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4314,24 +4314,7 @@ in {
 
   ws4py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ws4py {};
 
-  gdata = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "gdata-${version}";
-    version = "2.0.18";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://gdata-python-client.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1dpxl5hwyyqd71avpm5vkvw8fhlvf9liizmhrq9jphhrx0nx5rsn";
-    };
-
-    # Fails with "error: invalid command 'test'"
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/;
-      description = "Python client library for Google data APIs";
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-    };
-  };
+  gdata = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gdata { };
 
   IMAPClient = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "IMAPClient-${version}";