diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rbtools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rbtools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..127188ac3fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rbtools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchurl
+, nose
+, six
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "rbtools";
+  version = "0.7.2";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://downloads.reviewboard.org/releases/RBTools/0.7/RBTools-0.7.2.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1ng8l8cx81cz23ls7fq9wz4ijs0zbbaqh4kj0mj6plzcqcf8na4i";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  checkPhase = "nosetests";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://www.reviewboard.org/docs/rbtools/dev/;
+    description = "RBTools is a set of command line tools for working with Review Board and RBCommons";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5f9749d576a..4b413246170 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3528,25 +3528,7 @@ in {
 
   recaptcha_client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/recaptcha_client { };
 
-  rbtools = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "rbtools-0.7.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://downloads.reviewboard.org/releases/RBTools/0.7/RBTools-0.7.2.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1ng8l8cx81cz23ls7fq9wz4ijs0zbbaqh4kj0mj6plzcqcf8na4i";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six ];
-
-    checkPhase = "nosetests";
-
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    meta = {
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
-    };
-  };
+  rbtools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rbtools { };
 
   rencode = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "rencode-${version}";