diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/svg2tikz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svg2tikz/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3308bf229c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svg2tikz/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchgit
+, lxml
+, isPy27
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  name = "svg2tikz";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+  disabled = ! isPy27;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ lxml ];
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/kjellmf/svg2tikz";
+    sha256 = "429428ec435e53672b85cdfbb89bb8af0ff9f8238f5d05970729e5177d252d5f";
+    rev = "ad36f2c3818da13c4136d70a0fd8153acf8daef4";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/kjellmf/svg2tikz;
+    description = "An SVG to TikZ converter";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers =  with maintainers; [ gal_bolle ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5732d8490f3..f11c956fba7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4361,25 +4361,7 @@ in {
 
   vxi11 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vxi11 { };
 
-  svg2tikz = self.buildPythonPackage {
-    name = "svg2tikz-1.0.0";
-    disabled = ! isPy27;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [lxml];
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-      url = "https://github.com/kjellmf/svg2tikz";
-      sha256 = "429428ec435e53672b85cdfbb89bb8af0ff9f8238f5d05970729e5177d252d5f";
-      rev = "ad36f2c3818da13c4136d70a0fd8153acf8daef4";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/kjellmf/svg2tikz;
-      description = "An SVG to TikZ converter";
-      license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-      maintainers =  with maintainers; [ gal_bolle ];
-    };
-  };
+  svg2tikz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/svg2tikz { };
 
   WSGIProxy = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "WSGIProxy-${version}";