diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sounddevice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sounddevice/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0413366c5501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sounddevice/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, cffi
+, numpy
+, portaudio
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sounddevice";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  version = "0.3.8";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "dc5ec8534c3831ab133c497721f3aaeed4f5084b0eda842f0c0ada09f2f066dc";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cffi numpy portaudio ];
+
+  # No tests included nor upstream available.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace sounddevice.py --replace "'portaudio'" "'${portaudio}/lib/libportaudio.so.2'"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Play and Record Sound with Python";
+    homepage = http://python-sounddevice.rtfd.org/;
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 53c4a139eea4..588f9651b071 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -21773,31 +21773,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  sounddevice = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "sounddevice-${version}";
-    version = "0.3.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/sounddevice/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "4ef39be2d13069fbad8c69ac259e018d96ce55c23b529a7e0be9bd9a76e2e8da";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ cffi numpy pkgs.portaudio ];
-
-    # No tests included nor upstream available.
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    prePatch = ''
-      substituteInPlace sounddevice.py --replace "'portaudio'" "'${pkgs.portaudio}/lib/libportaudio.so.2'"
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Play and Record Sound with Python";
-      homepage = http://python-sounddevice.rtfd.org/;
-      license = with licenses; [ mit ];
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ fridh ];
-    };
-  };
+  sounddevice = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sounddevice { };
 
   stevedore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stevedore {};