diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/powerline/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/powerline/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86f5adb28244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/powerline/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchurl
+, buildPythonPackage
+, git
+, mercurial
+, bazaar
+, psutil
+, pygit2
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  rev  = "2.6";
+  name = "powerline-${rev}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "https://github.com/powerline/powerline/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
+    name   = "${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "c108f11fe10dc910febb94b87d3abded85d4363fb950366a9e30282b9ba7c272";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ git mercurial bazaar psutil pygit2];
+
+# error: This is still beta and some tests still fail
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -dm755 "$out/share/fonts/OTF/"
+    install -dm755 "$out/etc/fonts/conf.d"
+    install -m644 "font/PowerlineSymbols.otf" "$out/share/fonts/OTF/PowerlineSymbols.otf"
+    install -m644 "font/10-powerline-symbols.conf" "$out/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-powerline-symbols.conf"
+
+    install -dm755 "$out/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin"
+    install -m644 "powerline/bindings/vim/plugin/powerline.vim" "$out/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/powerline.vim"
+
+    install -dm755 "$out/share/zsh/site-contrib"
+    install -m644 "powerline/bindings/zsh/powerline.zsh" "$out/share/zsh/site-contrib/powerline.zsh"
+
+    install -dm755 "$out/share/tmux"
+    install -m644 "powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline.conf" "$out/share/tmux/powerline.conf"
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage    = https://github.com/powerline/powerline;
+    description = "The ultimate statusline/prompt utility";
+    license     = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d2fa2c38ca32..c664655a0625 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18093,44 +18093,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  powerline = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    rev  = "2.5.2";
-    name = "powerline-${rev}";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url    = "https://github.com/powerline/powerline/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
-      name   = "${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "064rp2jzz4vp1xqk3445qf08pq3aif00q1rjqaqx2pla15s27yrz";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.git pkgs.mercurial pkgs.bazaar self.psutil self.pygit2 ];
-
-    # error: This is still beta and some tests still fail
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    postInstall = ''
-      install -dm755 "$out/share/fonts/OTF/"
-      install -dm755 "$out/etc/fonts/conf.d"
-      install -m644 "font/PowerlineSymbols.otf" "$out/share/fonts/OTF/PowerlineSymbols.otf"
-      install -m644 "font/10-powerline-symbols.conf" "$out/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-powerline-symbols.conf"
-
-      install -dm755 "$out/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin"
-      install -m644 "powerline/bindings/vim/plugin/powerline.vim" "$out/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/powerline.vim"
-
-      install -dm755 "$out/share/zsh/site-contrib"
-      install -m644 "powerline/bindings/zsh/powerline.zsh" "$out/share/zsh/site-contrib/powerline.zsh"
-
-      install -dm755 "$out/share/tmux"
-      install -m644 "powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline.conf" "$out/share/tmux/powerline.conf"
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage    = https://github.com/powerline/powerline;
-      description = "The ultimate statusline/prompt utility";
-      license     = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
-      platforms   = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+  powerline = callPackage ../development/python-modules/powerline { };
 
   pox = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pox-${version}";