diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pamela/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pamela/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05254e4fd43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pamela/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pamela";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0ssxbqsshrm8p642g3h6wsq20z1fsqhpdvqdm827gn6dlr38868y";
+  };
+
+  postUnpack = ''
+    substituteInPlace $sourceRoot/pamela.py --replace \
+      'find_library("pam")' \
+      '"${stdenv.lib.getLib pkgs.pam}/lib/libpam.so"'
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "PAM interface using ctypes";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/minrk/pamela";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a7930408fec0..4ac629852aa2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2002,29 +2002,7 @@ in {
 
   oset = callPackage ../development/python-modules/oset { };
 
-  pamela = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pamela-${version}";
-    version = "0.3.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pamela/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0ssxbqsshrm8p642g3h6wsq20z1fsqhpdvqdm827gn6dlr38868y";
-    };
-
-    postUnpack = ''
-      substituteInPlace $sourceRoot/pamela.py --replace \
-        'find_library("pam")' \
-        '"${getLib pkgs.pam}/lib/libpam.so"'
-    '';
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "PAM interface using ctypes";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/minrk/pamela";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  pamela = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pamela { };
 
   # These used to be here but were moved to all-packages, but I'll leave them around for a while.
   pants = pkgs.pants;