diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyblosxom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyblosxom/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfb3e94ba27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyblosxom/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchurl
+, pygments
+, markdown
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyblosxom";
+  version = "1.5.3";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/pyblosxom/pyblosxom/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0de9a7418f4e6d1c45acecf1e77f61c8f96f036ce034493ac67124626fd0d885";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pygments markdown ];
+
+  # FAIL:test_generate_entry and test_time
+  # both tests fail due to time issue that doesn't seem to matter in practice
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://pyblosxom.github.io";
+    description = "File-based blogging engine";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 45a43b05c33..dba9c0aac3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3277,27 +3277,7 @@ in {
 
   pybcrypt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pybcrypt { };
 
-  pyblosxom = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pyblosxom-${version}";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-    version = "1.5.3";
-    # FAIL:test_generate_entry and test_time
-    # both tests fail due to time issue that doesn't seem to matter in practice
-    doCheck = false;
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/pyblosxom/pyblosxom/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0de9a7418f4e6d1c45acecf1e77f61c8f96f036ce034493ac67124626fd0d885";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pygments markdown ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = "http://pyblosxom.github.io";
-      description = "File-based blogging engine";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
-
+  pyblosxom = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyblosxom { };
 
   pycapnp = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pycapnp-0.5.1";