diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/eventlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eventlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..147e18d45f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eventlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy3k
+, fetchdarcs
+, greenlet
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-eventlib";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+  # Judging from SyntaxError
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchdarcs {
+    url = "http://devel.ag-projects.com/repositories/${pname}";
+    rev = "release-${version}";
+    sha256 = "1zxhpq8i4jwsk7wmfncqfm211hqikj3hp38cfv509924bi76wak8";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ greenlet ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Eventlib bindings for python";
+    homepage    = "http://ag-projects.com/";
+    license     = licenses.lgpl2;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4578dd17007..b9bc8db9b8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1736,31 +1736,7 @@ in {
 
   eve = callPackage ../development/python-modules/eve {};
 
-  eventlib = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "python-eventlib";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    version = "0.2.2";
-
-    # Judging from SyntaxError
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchdarcs {
-      url = "http://devel.ag-projects.com/repositories/${pname}";
-      rev = "release-${version}";
-      sha256 = "1zxhpq8i4jwsk7wmfncqfm211hqikj3hp38cfv509924bi76wak8";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ greenlet ];
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Eventlib bindings for python";
-      homepage    = "http://ag-projects.com/";
-      license     = licenses.lgpl2;
-      platforms   = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+  eventlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/eventlib { };
 
   events = callPackage ../development/python-modules/events { };