diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipfsapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipfsapi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..377ed8549cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipfsapi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy27
+, six
+, requests
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ipfsapi";
+  version = "0.4.2.post1";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ipfs";
+    repo = "py-ipfs-api";
+    rev = "0c485544a114f580c65e2ffbb5782efbf7fd9f61";
+    sha256 = "1v7f77cv95yv0v80gisdh71mj7jcq41xcfip6bqm57zfdbsa0xpn";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six requests ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A python client library for the IPFS API";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mguentner ];
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipfsapi";
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f20e1bbeecaa..a698970d44d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1896,27 +1896,7 @@ in {
 
   imaplib2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imaplib2 { };
 
-  ipfsapi = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "ipfsapi-${version}";
-    version = "0.4.2.post1";
-    disabled = isPy27;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "ipfs";
-      repo = "py-ipfs-api";
-      rev = "0c485544a114f580c65e2ffbb5782efbf7fd9f61";
-      sha256 = "1v7f77cv95yv0v80gisdh71mj7jcq41xcfip6bqm57zfdbsa0xpn";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six requests ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A python client library for the IPFS API";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ mguentner ];
-      homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipfsapi";
-    };
-  };
+  ipfsapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipfsapi { };
 
   itsdangerous = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "itsdangerous-0.24";