diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vultr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vultr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e66e21f01a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vultr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, requests
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.1.2";
+  pname = "vultr";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "spry-group";
+      repo = "python-vultr";
+      rev = "${version}";
+      sha256 = "1qjvvr2v9gfnwskdl0ayazpcmiyw9zlgnijnhgq9mcri5gq9jw5h";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  # Tests disabled. They fail because they try to access the network
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Vultr.com API Client";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/spry-group/python-vultr";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lihop ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 63df7057691b..74796882a81f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4093,30 +4093,7 @@ in {
 
   vmprof = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vmprof { };
 
-  vultr = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.1.2";
-    name = "vultr-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-        owner = "spry-group";
-        repo = "python-vultr";
-        rev = "${version}";
-        sha256 = "1qjvvr2v9gfnwskdl0ayazpcmiyw9zlgnijnhgq9mcri5gq9jw5h";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests ];
-
-    # Tests disabled. They fail because they try to access the network
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Vultr.com API Client";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/spry-group/python-vultr";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ lihop ];
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+  vultr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vultr { };
 
   waitress = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "waitress-1.0.2";