diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/application/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/application/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32314b81edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/application/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchdarcs, zope_interface, isPy3k }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-application";
+  version = "2.0.2";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchdarcs {
+    url = "http://devel.ag-projects.com/repositories/${pname}";
+    rev = "release-${version}";
+    sha256 = "19dszv44py8qrq0jcjdycxpa7z2p8hi3ijq9gnqdsazbbjzf9svn";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zope_interface ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e339ccbcc8a..63a24c9eae8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -494,20 +494,7 @@ in {
 
   appdirs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/appdirs { };
 
-  application = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "python-application";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    version = "2.0.2";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchdarcs {
-      url = "http://devel.ag-projects.com/repositories/${pname}";
-      rev = "release-${version}";
-      sha256 = "19dszv44py8qrq0jcjdycxpa7z2p8hi3ijq9gnqdsazbbjzf9svn";
-    };
-    buildInputs = with self; [ zope_interface ];
-
-  };
+  application = callPackage ../development/python-modules/application { };
 
   appnope = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.1.0";