diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyaudio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f788966718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyaudio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPyPy
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-pyaudio";
+  version = "0.2.9";
+  disabled = isPyPy;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "bfd694272b3d1efc51726d0c27650b3c3ba1345f7f8fdada7e86c9751ce0f2a1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.portaudio ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python bindings for PortAudio";
+    homepage = "http://people.csail.mit.edu/hubert/pyaudio/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3a4ffd0afef..678c7df705a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3249,25 +3249,7 @@ in {
 
   pyasn1-modules = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyasn1-modules { };
 
-  pyaudio = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "python-pyaudio-${version}";
-    version = "0.2.9";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/P/PyAudio/PyAudio-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "bfd694272b3d1efc51726d0c27650b3c3ba1345f7f8fdada7e86c9751ce0f2a1";
-    };
-
-    disabled = isPyPy;
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.portaudio ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python bindings for PortAudio";
-      homepage = "http://people.csail.mit.edu/hubert/pyaudio/";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  pyaudio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyaudio { };
 
   pysam = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysam { };