diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bitstring/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bitstring/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6c56646dcb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bitstring/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bitstring";
+  version = "3.1.5";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1algq30j6rz12b1902bpw7iijx5lhrfqhl80d4ac6xzkrrpshqy1";
+    extension = "zip";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Module for binary data manipulation";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/scott-griffiths/bitstring";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b1cc38f5bf79..2759ec201212 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1940,26 +1940,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-
-  bitstring = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "bitstring";
-    version = "3.1.5";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "1algq30j6rz12b1902bpw7iijx5lhrfqhl80d4ac6xzkrrpshqy1";
-      extension = "zip";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Module for binary data manipulation";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/scott-griffiths/bitstring";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
-    };
-  };
+  bitstring = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bitstring { };
 
   blaze = callPackage ../development/python-modules/blaze { };