diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
index a0b59e0362a9..bc0ba9f75535 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
@@ -3513,21 +3513,7 @@ let
 
       ms-python.python = callPackage ./ms-python.python { };
 
-      ms-python.debugpy = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
-        mktplcRef = {
-          name = "debugpy";
-          publisher = "ms-python";
-          version = "2024.6.0";
-          hash = "sha256-VlPe65ViBur5P6L7iRKdGnmbNlSCwYrdZAezStx8Bz8=";
-        };
-        meta = {
-          description = "Python debugger (debugpy) extension for VS Code";
-          downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.debugpy";
-          homepage = "https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python-debugger";
-          license = lib.licenses.mit;
-          maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.carlthome ];
-        };
-      };
+      ms-python.debugpy = callPackage ./ms-python.debugpy { };
 
       ms-python.vscode-pylance = callPackage ./ms-python.vscode-pylance { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.debugpy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.debugpy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a6b60a7e8663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/ms-python.debugpy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  vscode-utils,
+}:
+
+vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
+  mktplcRef = {
+    name = "debugpy";
+    publisher = "ms-python";
+    version = "2024.6.0";
+    hash = "sha256-VlPe65ViBur5P6L7iRKdGnmbNlSCwYrdZAezStx8Bz8=";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python debugger (debugpy) extension for VS Code";
+    downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.debugpy";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python-debugger";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.carlthome ];
+  };
+}