diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/le/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/le/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb0a8bc6348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/le/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchurl
+, isPy3k
+, simplejson
+, psutil
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "le";
+  version = "1.4.29";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/logentries/le/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "d29738937cb6e714b6ec2ae74b66b1983482ffd54b4faa40767af18509521d4c";
+  };
+
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ simplejson psutil ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/rapid7/le;
+    description = "Logentries agent";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2d416e74f34..0240dfe27cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5678,26 +5678,7 @@ in {
 
   ldaptor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ldaptor { };
 
-  le = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "le-${version}";
-    version = "1.4.29";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/logentries/le/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "d29738937cb6e714b6ec2ae74b66b1983482ffd54b4faa40767af18509521d4c";
-    };
-
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ simplejson psutil ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/logentries/le";
-      description = "Logentries agent";
-    };
-  };
+  le = callPackage ../development/python-modules/le { };
 
   lektor = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "lektor-${version}";