diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qscintilla/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qscintilla/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4ea8ff2e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qscintilla/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, disabledIf
+, isPy3k
+, isPyPy
+, pkgs
+, python
+, pyqt4
+}:
+
+disabledIf (isPy3k || isPyPy)
+  (buildPythonPackage rec {
+    # TODO: Qt5 support
+    name = "qscintilla-${version}";
+    version = pkgs.qscintilla.version;
+    format = "other";
+
+    src = pkgs.qscintilla.src;
+
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.xorg.lndir pyqt4.qt pyqt4 ];
+
+    preConfigure = ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      lndir ${pyqt4} $out
+      rm -rf "$out/nix-support"
+      cd Python
+      ${python.executable} ./configure-old.py \
+          --destdir $out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages/PyQt4 \
+          --apidir $out/api/${python.libPrefix} \
+          -n ${pkgs.qscintilla}/include \
+          -o ${pkgs.qscintilla}/lib \
+          --sipdir $out/share/sip
+    '';
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "A Python binding to QScintilla, Qt based text editing control";
+      license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ danbst ];
+      platforms = platforms.unix;
+    };
+  })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index be4f6f5b56a..0985a5c406b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3556,38 +3556,7 @@ in {
   # alias for an older package which did not support Python 3
   Quandl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/quandl { };
 
-  qscintilla = disabledIf (isPy3k || isPyPy)
-    (buildPythonPackage rec {
-      # TODO: Qt5 support
-      name = "qscintilla-${version}";
-      version = pkgs.qscintilla.version;
-      format = "other";
-
-      src = pkgs.qscintilla.src;
-
-      buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.xorg.lndir pyqt4.qt pyqt4 ];
-
-      preConfigure = ''
-        mkdir -p $out
-        lndir ${self.pyqt4} $out
-        rm -rf "$out/nix-support"
-        cd Python
-        ${python.executable} ./configure-old.py \
-            --destdir $out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages/PyQt4 \
-            --apidir $out/api/${python.libPrefix} \
-            -n ${pkgs.qscintilla}/include \
-            -o ${pkgs.qscintilla}/lib \
-            --sipdir $out/share/sip
-      '';
-
-      meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-        description = "A Python binding to QScintilla, Qt based text editing control";
-        license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ danbst ];
-        platforms = platforms.unix;
-      };
-    });
-
+  qscintilla = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qscintilla { };
 
   qserve = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "qserve-0.2.8";