diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysoundfile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysoundfile/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe24f0203f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysoundfile/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, numpy
+, libsndfile
+, cffi
+, isPyPy
+, stdenv
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "PySoundFile";
+  name = "PySoundFile-${version}";
+  version = "0.8.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "72c3e23b7c9998460ec78176084ea101e3439596ab29df476bc8508708df84df";
+  };
+
+    checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy libsndfile cffi ];
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "An audio library based on libsndfile, CFFI and NumPy";
+      license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+      homepage = https://github.com/bastibe/PySoundFile;
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+    };
+
+    prePatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace soundfile.py --replace "'sndfile'" "'${libsndfile.out}/lib/libsndfile.so'"
+    '';
+
+    # https://github.com/bastibe/PySoundFile/issues/157
+    disabled = isPyPy ||  stdenv.isi686;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 39234f5b969..124dc0c3885 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15491,32 +15491,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  pysoundfile = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pysoundfile-${version}";
-    version = "0.8.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/P/PySoundFile/PySoundFile-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "72c3e23b7c9998460ec78176084ea101e3439596ab29df476bc8508708df84df";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ numpy pkgs.libsndfile cffi ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "An audio library based on libsndfile, CFFI and NumPy";
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      homepage = https://github.com/bastibe/PySoundFile;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ fridh ];
-    };
-
-    prePatch = ''
-      substituteInPlace soundfile.py --replace "'sndfile'" "'${pkgs.libsndfile.out}/lib/libsndfile.so'"
-    '';
-
-    # https://github.com/bastibe/PySoundFile/issues/157
-    disabled = isPyPy ||  stdenv.isi686;
-  };
+  pysoundfile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysoundfile { };
 
   python3pika = buildPythonPackage {
     name = "python3-pika-0.9.14";