diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/grequests/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/grequests/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c42ace2e695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/grequests/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, requests
+, gevent
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "grequests";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0lafzax5igbh8y4x0krizr573wjsxz7bhvwygiah6qwrzv83kv5c";
+  };
+
+  # No tests in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests gevent ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Asynchronous HTTP requests";
+    homepage = https://github.com/kennethreitz/grequests;
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd2 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ matejc ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ad57900d31f..16a1a0f0a6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4330,28 +4330,7 @@ in {
 
   rpdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rpdb { };
 
-  grequests = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "grequests";
-    version = "0.3.0";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "0lafzax5igbh8y4x0krizr573wjsxz7bhvwygiah6qwrzv83kv5c";
-    };
-
-    # No tests in archive
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests gevent ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Asynchronous HTTP requests";
-      homepage = https://github.com/kennethreitz/grequests;
-      license = with licenses; [ bsd2 ];
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ matejc ];
-    };
-  };
+  grequests = callPackage ../development/python-modules/grequests { };
 
   first = callPackage ../development/python-modules/first {};