diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/elasticsearch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/elasticsearch/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b90b09c5f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/elasticsearch/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, urllib3, requests
+, nosexcover, mock
+, stdenv
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (rec {
+  pname = "elasticsearch";
+  version = "6.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "029q603g95fzkh87xkbxxmjfq5s9xkr9y27nfik6d4prsl0zxmlz";
+  };
+
+  # Check is disabled because running them destroy the content of the local cluster!
+  # https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-py/tree/master/test_elasticsearch
+  doCheck = false;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ urllib3 requests ];
+  buildInputs = [ nosexcover mock ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Official low-level client for Elasticsearch";
+    homepage = https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-py;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ desiderius ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 855b340071a..ee6996e55b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4431,29 +4431,7 @@ in {
 
   edward = callPackage ../development/python-modules/edward { };
 
-  elasticsearch = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    pname = "elasticsearch";
-    version = "6.0.0";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "029q603g95fzkh87xkbxxmjfq5s9xkr9y27nfik6d4prsl0zxmlz";
-    };
-
-    # Check is disabled because running them destroy the content of the local cluster!
-    # https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-py/tree/master/test_elasticsearch
-    doCheck = false;
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ urllib3 requests ];
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nosexcover mock ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Official low-level client for Elasticsearch";
-      homepage = https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-py;
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ desiderius ];
-    };
-  });
+  elasticsearch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/elasticsearch { };
 
   elasticsearchdsl = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "elasticsearch-dsl-0.0.9";