diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybfd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybfd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..259e0cea86d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybfd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, isPyPy, isPy3k, fetchurl, gdb, binutils }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "pybfd-0.1.1";
+
+  disabled = isPyPy || isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/p/pybfd/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "d99b32ad077e704ddddc0b488c83cae851c14919e5cbc51715d00464a1932df4";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace '"/usr/include"' '"${gdb}/include"' \
+      --replace '"/usr/lib"' '"${binutils.lib}/lib"'
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/Groundworkstech/pybfd;
+    description = "A Python interface to the GNU Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 11a44e5f0bc..858cc048708 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15203,29 +15203,7 @@ in {
     };
   });
 
-  pybfd = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pybfd-0.1.1";
-
-    disabled = isPyPy || isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pybfd/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "d99b32ad077e704ddddc0b488c83cae851c14919e5cbc51715d00464a1932df4";
-    };
-
-    preConfigure = ''
-      substituteInPlace setup.py \
-        --replace '"/usr/include"' '"${pkgs.gdb}/include"' \
-        --replace '"/usr/lib"' '"${pkgs.binutils.lib}/lib"'
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/Groundworkstech/pybfd;
-      description = "A Python interface to the GNU Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library";
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-    };
-  };
+  pybfd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pybfd { };
 
   pyblock = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "pyblock-${version}";