diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyrtlsdr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyrtlsdr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ce373ee7ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyrtlsdr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, rtl-sdr
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyrtlsdr";
+  version = "0.2.5";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "dd041143b68628c713c2227c78c40b0b4a0cb5d08df116f7bdc5f83c529be0e4";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed "s|driver_files =.*|driver_files = ['${rtl-sdr}/lib/librtlsdr.so']|" -i rtlsdr/librtlsdr.py
+  '';
+
+  # No tests that can be used.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python wrapper for librtlsdr (a driver for Realtek RTL2832U based SDR's)";
+    homepage = https://github.com/roger-/pyrtlsdr;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
+ };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3b16bd364449..359e50f0cbf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8452,26 +8452,7 @@ in {
   };
 
 
-  pyrtlsdr = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pyrtlsdr-0.2.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pyrtlsdr/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "cbb9086efe4320858c48f4856d09f7face191c4156510b1459ef4e5588935b6a";
-    };
-
-    postPatch = ''
-      sed "s|driver_files =.*|driver_files = ['${pkgs.rtl-sdr}/lib/librtlsdr.so']|" -i rtlsdr/librtlsdr.py
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python wrapper for librtlsdr (a driver for Realtek RTL2832U based SDR's)";
-      homepage = https://github.com/roger-/pyrtlsdr;
-      license = licenses.gpl3;
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
-    };
-  };
+  pyrtlsdr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyrtlsdr { };
 
   random2 = self.buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "random2-1.0.1";