diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libtmux/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libtmux/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..203b9e6bf754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libtmux/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, pytest_29 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "libtmux";
+  version = "0.7.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "111qbgq28za12la5b0aa9rr7hg8235zy0kyzzryn7fa6z3i5k5z8";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest_29 ];
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i 's/==.*$//' requirements/test.txt
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Scripting library for tmux";
+    homepage = https://libtmux.readthedocs.io/;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgeerds ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6eff8c13d7d3..da72a8f1d629 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5516,28 +5516,7 @@ in {
 
   libais = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libais { };
 
-  libtmux = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "libtmux-${version}";
-    version = "0.6.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/l/libtmux/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0kmw7x8cxb2hj2mzibmg9nxaijhsm1kcm0vdihn99fhm5kw1phh5";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest_29 ];
-    patchPhase = ''
-      sed -i 's/==.*$//' requirements/test.txt
-    '';
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Scripting library for tmux";
-      homepage = https://libtmux.readthedocs.io/;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgeerds ];
-    };
-  };
+  libtmux = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libtmux { };
 
   locket = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "locket-${version}";