diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/idris2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/idris2/default.nix
index ca82788fdec3..8f628246c649 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/idris2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/idris2/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,8 @@
-{ callPackage, idris2Packages }:
-
-let
-in
+{ callPackage }:
 {
   idris2 = callPackage ./idris2.nix { };
+  idris2Api = callPackage ./idris2-api.nix { };
   idris2Lsp = callPackage ./idris2-lsp.nix { };
 
   buildIdris = callPackage ./build-idris.nix { };
-
-  idris2Api =
-    (idris2Packages.buildIdris {
-      inherit (idris2Packages.idris2) src version;
-      ipkgName = "idris2api";
-      idrisLibraries = [ ];
-      preBuild = ''
-        export IDRIS2_PREFIX=$out/lib
-        make src/IdrisPaths.idr
-      '';
-    }).library;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/idris2/idris2-api.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/idris2/idris2-api.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bd408a64dee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/idris2/idris2-api.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, idris2Packages }:
+let
+  inherit (idris2Packages) idris2 buildIdris;
+  apiPkg = buildIdris {
+    inherit (idris2) src version;
+    ipkgName = "idris2api";
+    idrisLibraries = [ ];
+    preBuild = ''
+      export IDRIS2_PREFIX=$out/lib
+      make src/IdrisPaths.idr
+    '';
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Idris2 Compiler API Library";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/idris-lang/Idris2";
+      license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mattpolzin ];
+      inherit (idris2.meta) platforms;
+    };
+  };
+in
+apiPkg.library { }