diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/audiotools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/audiotools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee029726d1c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/audiotools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchurl
+, stdenv
+, darwin
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "audiotools";
+  version = "3.1.1";
+
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [
+    AudioToolbox
+    AudioUnit
+    CoreServices
+  ]);
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/tuffy/python-audio-tools/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0ymlxvqkqhzk4q088qwir3dq0zgwqlrrdfnq7f0iq97g05qshm2c";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Utilities and Python modules for handling audio";
+    homepage = "http://audiotools.sourceforge.net/";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5b8639edce79..bd92733bdfaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -634,27 +634,7 @@ in {
 
   audioread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/audioread { };
 
-  audiotools = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "audiotools-${version}";
-    version = "3.1.1";
-
-    buildInputs = optionals stdenv.isDarwin (with pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [
-      AudioToolbox
-      AudioUnit
-      CoreServices
-    ]);
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/tuffy/python-audio-tools/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0ymlxvqkqhzk4q088qwir3dq0zgwqlrrdfnq7f0iq97g05qshm2c";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Utilities and Python modules for handling audio";
-      homepage = "http://audiotools.sourceforge.net/";
-      license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    };
-  };
+  audiotools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/audiotools { };
 
   autopep8 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/autopep8 { };