diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scandir/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scandir/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..521f68db1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scandir/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "scandir-${version}";
+  version = "1.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/s/scandir/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 ="0gbnhjzg42rj87ljv9kb648rfxph69ly3c8r9841dxy4d7l5pmdj";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A better directory iterator and faster os.walk()";
+    homepage = https://github.com/benhoyt/scandir;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f7c7ad305c9..af58c428d46 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6522,22 +6522,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  scandir = self.buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "scandir-${version}";
-    version = "1.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/scandir/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0yjrgp0mxp3d8bjkq2m1ac2ys8n76wykksvgyjrnil9gr3fx7a5d";
-    };
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "A better directory iterator and faster os.walk()";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/benhoyt/scandir";
-      license = licenses.gpl3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
-    };
-  };
+  scandir = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scandir { };
 
   schedule = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "schedule-0.3.2";