diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/poezio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/poezio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5fa1ccc2f41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/poezio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchurl, pythonOlder
+, pytest, aiodns, slixmpp, pyinotify, potr, mpd2, cffi, pkgconfig }:
+buildPythonApplication rec {
+    name = "poezio-${version}";
+    version = "0.12";
+
+    disabled = pythonOlder "3.4";
+
+    buildInputs = [ pytest ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ aiodns slixmpp pyinotify potr mpd2 cffi ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://dev.louiz.org/attachments/download/129/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "11n9x82xyjwbqk28lsfnvqwn8qc9flv6w2c64camh6j3148ykpvz";
+    };
+
+    checkPhase = ''
+      py.test
+    '';
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Free console XMPP client";
+      homepage = https://poez.io;
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.lsix ];
+    };
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index aa7c6abfb50e..ac9a00550b0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -16005,32 +16005,7 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
-  poezio = buildPythonApplication rec {
-    name = "poezio-${version}";
-    version = "0.12";
-
-    disabled = pythonOlder "3.4";
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self ; [ aiodns slixmpp pyinotify potr mpd2 cffi ];
-    nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ pkgconfig ];
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://dev.louiz.org/attachments/download/129/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "11n9x82xyjwbqk28lsfnvqwn8qc9flv6w2c64camh6j3148ykpvz";
-    };
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      py.test
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Free console XMPP client";
-      homepage = https://poez.io;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = [ maintainers.lsix ];
-    };
-  };
+  poezio = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/poezio { };
 
   potr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/potr {};