diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/suseapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/suseapi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e9f4f43656b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/suseapi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, django
+, suds-jurko
+, ldap
+, mechanize
+, beautifulsoup4
+, pyxdg
+, dateutil
+, requests
+, httpretty
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "suseapi";
+  version = "0.24-31-g0fcbe96";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "openSUSE";
+    repo = "python-${pname}";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0hyzq0h1w8gp0zfvhqh7qsgcg1wp05a14371m6bn5a7gss93rbv4";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    django suds-jurko ldap mechanize beautifulsoup4 pyxdg dateutil requests
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ httpretty ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/openSUSE/python-suseapi/";
+    description = "Python module to work with various SUSE services";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 17dee795b5a8..25725c6e3455 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17689,32 +17689,7 @@ EOF
 
   yarl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yarl { };
 
-  suseapi = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    pname = "suseapi";
-    version = "0.24-31-g0fcbe96";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "openSUSE";
-      repo = "python-${pname}";
-      rev = version;
-      sha256 = "0hyzq0h1w8gp0zfvhqh7qsgcg1wp05a14371m6bn5a7gss93rbv4";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      django suds-jurko ldap mechanize beautifulsoup4 pyxdg dateutil requests
-    ];
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ httpretty ];
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/openSUSE/python-suseapi/";
-      description = "Python module to work with various SUSE services";
-      license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    };
-  };
+  suseapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/suseapi { };
 
   typed-ast = callPackage ../development/python-modules/typed-ast { };