diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sopel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sopel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1103e0fa3d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sopel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, praw
+, xmltodict
+, pytz
+, pyenchant
+, pygeoip
+, python
+, isPyPy
+, isPy27
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sopel";
+  version = "6.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1swvw7xw8n5anb8ah8jilk4vk1y30y62fkibfd9vm9fbk45d1q48";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ praw xmltodict pytz pyenchant pygeoip ];
+
+  disabled = isPyPy || isPy27;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} test/*.py                                         #*/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Simple and extensible IRC bot";
+    homepage = "http://sopel.chat";
+    license = licenses.efl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mog ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 95ea185e619..b11cbfd59c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3756,29 +3756,7 @@ in {
 
   soco = callPackage ../development/python-modules/soco { };
 
-  sopel = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "sopel-6.3.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/sopel/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1swvw7xw8n5anb8ah8jilk4vk1y30y62fkibfd9vm9fbk45d1q48";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ praw xmltodict pytz pyenchant pygeoip ];
-
-    disabled = isPyPy || isPy27;
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-    ${python.interpreter} test/*.py                                         #*/
-    '';
-    meta = {
-      description = "Simple and extensible IRC bot";
-      homepage = "http://sopel.chat";
-      license = licenses.efl20;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ mog ];
-    };
-  };
+  sopel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sopel { };
 
   sounddevice = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sounddevice { };