diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyro/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyro/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbad83bef7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyro/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "Pyro-3.16";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/P/Pyro/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1bed508453ef7a7556b51424a58101af2349b662baab7e7331c5cb85dbe7e578";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Distributed object middleware for Python (IPC/RPC)";
+    homepage = http://pythonhosted.org/Pyro/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9b14717bd00..6359f3e16d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -16818,23 +16818,7 @@ in {
     };
   });
 
-  Pyro = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "Pyro-3.16";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/P/Pyro/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1bed508453ef7a7556b51424a58101af2349b662baab7e7331c5cb85dbe7e578";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Distributed object middleware for Python (IPC/RPC)";
-      homepage = http://pythonhosted.org/Pyro/;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      platforms = platforms.unix;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
-    };
-  });
+  Pyro = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyro { };
 
   pyrsistent = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "pyrsistent-0.11.12";