diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mapnik/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mapnik/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..692bbe4bcd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mapnik/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPyPy
+, python
+, pkgs
+, pillow
+, pycairo
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-mapnik";
+  version = "3.0.16";
+
+  src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mapnik";
+    repo = "python-mapnik";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1gqs4kvmjawdgl80j0ab5r8y0va9kw0rvwix3093xsv4hwd00lcc";
+  };
+
+  disabled = isPyPy;
+  doCheck = false; # doesn't find needed test data files
+  preBuild = let
+    pythonVersion = with stdenv.lib.versions; "${major python.version}${minor python.version}";
+  in ''
+    export BOOST_PYTHON_LIB="boost_python${pythonVersion}"
+    export BOOST_THREAD_LIB="boost_thread"
+    export BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB="boost_system"
+  '';
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+      (boost.override {
+        enablePython = true;
+        inherit python;
+      })
+      (mapnik.override {
+        inherit python;
+        boost = (boost.override { enablePython = true; inherit python; });
+      })
+      cairo
+      harfbuzz
+      icu
+      libjpeg
+      libpng
+      libtiff
+      libwebp
+      proj
+      zlib
+    ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pillow pycairo ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python bindings for Mapnik";
+    homepage = http://mapnik.org;
+    license  = licenses.lgpl21;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d8580cde4ac6..ee20b4cf3403 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1970,53 +1970,7 @@ in {
 
   mailchimp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mailchimp { };
 
-  python-mapnik = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "python-mapnik-${version}";
-    version = "3.0.16";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "mapnik";
-      repo = "python-mapnik";
-      rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "1gqs4kvmjawdgl80j0ab5r8y0va9kw0rvwix3093xsv4hwd00lcc";
-    };
-
-    disabled = isPyPy;
-    doCheck = false; # doesn't find needed test data files
-    preBuild = let
-      pythonVersion = with stdenv.lib.versions; "${major python.version}${minor python.version}";
-    in ''
-      export BOOST_PYTHON_LIB="boost_python${pythonVersion}"
-      export BOOST_THREAD_LIB="boost_thread"
-      export BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB="boost_system"
-    '';
-    buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-        (boost.override {
-          enablePython = true;
-          inherit python;
-        })
-        (mapnik.override {
-          inherit python;
-          boost = (boost.override { enablePython = true; inherit python; });
-        })
-        cairo
-        harfbuzz
-        icu
-        libjpeg
-        libpng
-        libtiff
-        libwebp
-        proj
-        zlib
-      ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pillow pycairo ];
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Python bindings for Mapnik";
-      homepage = http://mapnik.org;
-      license  = licenses.lgpl21;
-    };
-  };
+  python-mapnik = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-mapnik { };
 
   misaka = callPackage ../development/python-modules/misaka {};