diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotframework-ride/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotframework-ride/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9b536fc76ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotframework-ride/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k, pygments, wxPython }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.2.3";
+  name = "robotframework-ride-${version}";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://robotframework-ride.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1lf5f4x80f7d983bmkx12sxcizzii21kghs8kf63a1mj022a5x5j";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pygments wxPython ];
+
+  # ride_postinstall.py checks that needed deps are installed and creates a
+  # desktop shortcut. We don't really need it and it clutters up bin/ so
+  # remove it.
+  postInstall = ''
+    rm -f "$out/bin/ride_postinstall.py"
+  '';
+
+  # error: invalid command 'test'
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Light-weight and intuitive editor for Robot Framework test case files";
+    homepage = https://code.google.com/p/robotframework-ride/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dc8559acd486..d20c8fdd3ce4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18293,36 +18293,7 @@ in {
 
   robotsuite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/robotsuite { };
 
-  robotframework-ride = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "1.2.3";
-    name = "robotframework-ride-${version}";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://robotframework-ride.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1lf5f4x80f7d983bmkx12sxcizzii21kghs8kf63a1mj022a5x5j";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pygments wxPython ];
-
-    # ride_postinstall.py checks that needed deps are installed and creates a
-    # desktop shortcut. We don't really need it and it clutters up bin/ so
-    # remove it.
-    postInstall = ''
-      rm -f "$out/bin/ride_postinstall.py"
-    '';
-
-    # error: invalid command 'test'
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Light-weight and intuitive editor for Robot Framework test case files";
-      homepage = https://code.google.com/p/robotframework-ride/;
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
-    };
-  };
+  robotframework-ride = callPackage ../development/python-modules/robotframework-ride { };
 
   robotframework-requests = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.4.6";