diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/smartdc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/smartdc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e22c99651e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/smartdc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, requests
+, http_signature
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "smartdc";
+  version = "0.1.12";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "36206f4fddecae080c66faf756712537e650936b879abb23a8c428731d2415fe";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests http_signature ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Joyent SmartDataCenter CloudAPI connector using http-signature authentication via Requests";
+    homepage = https://github.com/atl/py-smartdc;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8a428be33be5..727ad97ed967 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3839,22 +3839,7 @@ in {
 
   six = callPackage ../development/python-modules/six { };
 
-  smartdc = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "smartdc-0.1.12";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://pypi/s/smartdc/smartdc-0.1.12.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "36206f4fddecae080c66faf756712537e650936b879abb23a8c428731d2415fe";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests http_signature ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Joyent SmartDataCenter CloudAPI connector using http-signature authentication via Requests";
-      homepage = https://github.com/atl/py-smartdc;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  smartdc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/smartdc { };
 
   socksipy-branch = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "SocksiPy-branch-1.01";