diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/editorconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/editorconfig/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82338bbcc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/editorconfig/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchgit
+, cmake
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "EditorConfig";
+  version = "0.12.0";
+
+  # fetchgit used to ensure test submodule is available
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-py";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0svk7id7ncygj2rnxhm7602xizljyidk4xgrl6i0xgq3829cz4bl";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    cmake .
+    # utf_8_char fails with python3
+    ctest -E "utf_8_char" .
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://editorconfig.org;
+    description = "EditorConfig File Locator and Interpreter for Python";
+    license = licenses.psfl;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6b5605b3cf7..e32e89fe758 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1712,30 +1712,7 @@ in {
       pythonPackages = self;
     }));
 
-  EditorConfig = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "EditorConfig-${version}";
-    version = "0.12.0";
-
-    # fetchgit used to ensure test submodule is available
-    src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-      url = "https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-py";
-      rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-      sha256 = "0svk7id7ncygj2rnxhm7602xizljyidk4xgrl6i0xgq3829cz4bl";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.cmake ];
-    checkPhase = ''
-      cmake .
-      # utf_8_char fails with python3
-      ctest -E "utf_8_char" .
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://editorconfig.org;
-      description = "EditorConfig File Locator and Interpreter for Python";
-      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.psfl;
-    };
-  };
+  EditorConfig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/editorconfig { };
 
   edward = callPackage ../development/python-modules/edward { };