diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/txgithub/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/txgithub/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5340b202e688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/txgithub/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pyopenssl
+, twisted
+, service-identity
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "txgithub";
+  version = "15.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "16gbizy8vkxasxylwzj4p66yw8979nvzxdj6csidgmng7gi2k8nx";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyopenssl twisted service-identity ];
+
+  # fix python3 issues
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i 's/except usage.UsageError, errortext/except usage.UsageError as errortext/' txgithub/scripts/create_token.py
+    sed -i 's/except usage.UsageError, errortext/except usage.UsageError as errortext/' txgithub/scripts/gist.py
+    sed -i 's/print response\[\x27html_url\x27\]/print(response\[\x27html_url\x27\])/' txgithub/scripts/gist.py
+    sed -i '41d' txgithub/scripts/gist.py
+    sed -i '41d' txgithub/scripts/gist.py
+  '';
+
+  # No tests distributed
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GitHub API client implemented using Twisted.";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/tomprince/txgithub";
+    license     = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nand0p ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6e0c7ea51515..ecf6429fd4cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4288,34 +4288,7 @@ in {
 
   usbtmc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/usbtmc {};
 
-  txgithub = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    pname = "txgithub";
-    version = "15.0.0";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "16gbizy8vkxasxylwzj4p66yw8979nvzxdj6csidgmng7gi2k8nx";
-    };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pyopenssl twisted service-identity ];
-    # fix python3 issues
-    patchPhase = ''
-      sed -i 's/except usage.UsageError, errortext/except usage.UsageError as errortext/' txgithub/scripts/create_token.py
-      sed -i 's/except usage.UsageError, errortext/except usage.UsageError as errortext/' txgithub/scripts/gist.py
-      sed -i 's/print response\[\x27html_url\x27\]/print(response\[\x27html_url\x27\])/' txgithub/scripts/gist.py
-      sed -i '41d' txgithub/scripts/gist.py
-      sed -i '41d' txgithub/scripts/gist.py
-    '';
-
-    # No tests distributed
-    doCheck = false;
-    meta = {
-      description = "GitHub API client implemented using Twisted.";
-      homepage    = "https://github.com/tomprince/txgithub";
-      license     = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ nand0p ];
-      platforms   = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+  txgithub = callPackage ../development/python-modules/txgithub { };
 
   txrequests = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "${pname}-${version}";