diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95243f52a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, isPy3k, fetchurl
+, openldap, cyrus_sasl, openssl }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "ldap-2.4.22";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/p/python-ldap/python-${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1dshpq84kl4xpa0hmnjrh6q5h5bybn09r83sa3z3ybr9jlm8gxcy";
+  };
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${cyrus_sasl.dev}/include/sasl";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [openldap cyrus_sasl openssl];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fcfe8bebadf..db000770a73 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -21164,17 +21164,8 @@ in {
     };
   });
 
-  ldap = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "ldap-2.4.19";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/python-ldap/python-${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0j5hzaar4d0vhnrlpmkczgwm7ci2wibr99a7zx04xddzrhxdpz82";
-    };
-
-    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${pkgs.cyrus_sasl.dev}/include/sasl";
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [pkgs.openldap pkgs.cyrus_sasl pkgs.openssl];
+  ldap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ldap.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs) openldap cyrus_sasl openssl;
   };
 
   ldap3 = buildPythonPackage rec {