diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyodbc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyodbc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c09e15f4bfb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyodbc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPyPy, libiodbc }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyodbc";
+  version = "4.0.19";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  disabled = isPyPy;  # use pypypdbc instead
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "05mkaxbi9n02bpr3l0qnyfb3458f35hk71bq8jmadikp3h8al7dg";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libiodbc ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python ODBC module to connect to almost any database";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mkleehammer/pyodbc";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b7624cef55eb..da15c8f0073f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17039,28 +17039,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-
-  pyodbc = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "pyodbc";
-    version = "4.0.19";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    disabled = isPyPy;  # use pypypdbc instead
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "05mkaxbi9n02bpr3l0qnyfb3458f35hk71bq8jmadikp3h8al7dg";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.libiodbc ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python ODBC module to connect to almost any database";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/mkleehammer/pyodbc";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
-    };
-  };
+  pyodbc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyodbc { };
 
   pyocr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyocr { };