diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycdio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycdio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c7dc52e79b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycdio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools
+, nose
+, pkgs
+, isPy27
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pycdio";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+  disabled = !isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1a1h0lmfl56a2a9xqhacnjclv81nv3906vdylalybxrk4bhrm3hj";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = "sed -i -e '/DRIVER_BSDI/d' pycdio.py";
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ setuptools nose pkgs.swig pkgs.libcdio ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin pkgs.libiconv;
+
+  # Run tests using nosetests but first need to install the binaries
+  # to the root source directory where they can be found.
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ./setup.py install_lib -d .
+    nosetests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/;
+    description = "Wrapper around libcdio (CD Input and Control library)";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rycee ];
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0c8c3e73fbbc..8c2868dea937 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3283,39 +3283,7 @@ in {
 
   pycaption = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycaption { };
 
-  pycdio = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pycdio-2.0.0";
-    disabled = !isPy27;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pycdio/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1a1h0lmfl56a2a9xqhacnjclv81nv3906vdylalybxrk4bhrm3hj";
-    };
-
-    prePatch = "sed -i -e '/DRIVER_BSDI/d' pycdio.py";
-
-    preConfigure = ''
-      patchShebangs .
-    '';
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
-    buildInputs = [ self.setuptools self.nose pkgs.swig pkgs.libcdio ]
-      ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin pkgs.libiconv;
-
-    # Run tests using nosetests but first need to install the binaries
-    # to the root source directory where they can be found.
-    checkPhase = ''
-      ./setup.py install_lib -d .
-      nosetests
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/;
-      description = "Wrapper around libcdio (CD Input and Control library)";
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ rycee ];
-      license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    };
-  };
+  pycdio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycdio { };
 
   pycosat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycosat { };