diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-mgmt-compute/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-mgmt-compute/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ea60f2f29a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-mgmt-compute/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ pkgs
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+, azure-mgmt-common
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.20.0";
+  pname = "azure-mgmt-compute";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "12hr5vxdg2sk2fzr608a37f4i8nbchca7dgdmly2w5fc7x88jx2v";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    # Patch to make this package work on requests >= 2.11.x
+    # CAN BE REMOVED ON NEXT PACKAGE UPDATE
+    sed -i 's|len(request_content)|str(len(request_content))|' azure/mgmt/compute/computemanagement.py
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/__init__.py
+    echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/mgmt/__init__.py
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ azure-mgmt-common ];
+
+  meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+    description = "Microsoft Azure SDK for Python";
+    homepage = "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ olcai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4801ac847300..fb95b40888cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ in {
 
   azure-mgmt-common = callPackage ../development/python-modules/azure-mgmt-common { };
 
+  azure-mgmt-compute = callPackage ../development/python-modules/azure-mgmt-compute { };
+
   backports_csv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_csv {};
 
   backports-shutil-which = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-shutil-which {};
@@ -789,31 +791,6 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  azure-mgmt-compute = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.20.0";
-    name = "azure-mgmt-compute-${version}";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://pypi/a/azure-mgmt-compute/azure-mgmt-compute-0.20.0.zip;
-      sha256 = "12hr5vxdg2sk2fzr608a37f4i8nbchca7dgdmly2w5fc7x88jx2v";
-    };
-    preConfigure = ''
-      # Patch to make this package work on requests >= 2.11.x
-      # CAN BE REMOVED ON NEXT PACKAGE UPDATE
-      sed -i 's|len(request_content)|str(len(request_content))|' azure/mgmt/compute/computemanagement.py
-    '';
-    postInstall = ''
-      echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/__init__.py
-      echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/mgmt/__init__.py
-    '';
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ azure-mgmt-common ];
-    meta = {
-      description = "Microsoft Azure SDK for Python";
-      homepage = "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/";
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ olcai ];
-    };
-  };
-
   azure-mgmt-network = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.20.1";
     name = "azure-mgmt-network-${version}";