diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmpython/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c35b2e35cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmpython/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchurl
+, isPyPy
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.4.10";
+  pname = "mmpython";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://sourceforge.net/projects/mmpython/files/latest/download;
+    sha256 = "1b7qfad3shgakj37gcj1b9h78j1hxlz6wp9k7h76pb4sq4bfyihy";
+    name = "${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+  };
+
+  disabled = isPyPy || isPy3k;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Media Meta Data retrieval framework";
+    homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/mmpython/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 63d61acc9aa..81cf4a2bbff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3358,25 +3358,7 @@ in {
 
   pyx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyx { };
 
-  mmpython = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.4.10";
-    name = "mmpython-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = http://sourceforge.net/projects/mmpython/files/latest/download;
-      sha256 = "1b7qfad3shgakj37gcj1b9h78j1hxlz6wp9k7h76pb4sq4bfyihy";
-      name = "${name}.tar.gz";
-    };
-
-    disabled = isPyPy || isPy3k;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Media Meta Data retrieval framework";
-      homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/mmpython/;
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
-    };
-  };
+  mmpython = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mmpython { };
 
   kaa-base = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.99.2dev-384-2b73caca";