diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pika/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pika/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3cc1ba3b00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pika/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, nose
+, mock
+, pyyaml
+, unittest2
+, pyev
+, twisted
+, tornado
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pika";
+  version = "0.10.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0nb4h08di432lv7dy2v9kpwgk0w92f24sqc2hw2s9vwr5b8v8xvj";
+  };
+
+  # Tests require twisted which is only availalble for python-2.x
+  doCheck = !isPy3k;
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose mock pyyaml unittest2 pyev ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [ twisted tornado ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Pure-Python implementation of the AMQP 0-9-1 protocol";
+    homepage = https://pika.readthedocs.org;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c15863042e1..a696f675a93 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3154,26 +3154,7 @@ in {
     glibcLocales = pkgs.glibcLocales;
   };
 
-  pika = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pika-${version}";
-    version = "0.10.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pika/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0nb4h08di432lv7dy2v9kpwgk0w92f24sqc2hw2s9vwr5b8v8xvj";
-    };
-
-    # Tests require twisted which is only availalble for python-2.x
-    doCheck = !isPy3k;
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose mock pyyaml unittest2 pyev ] ++ optionals (!isPy3k) [ twisted tornado ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Pure-Python implementation of the AMQP 0-9-1 protocol";
-      homepage = https://pika.readthedocs.org;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  pika = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pika { };
 
   pika-pool = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pika-pool { };