diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openant/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openant/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b88a71c5cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openant/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pyusb
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "openant-unstable";
+  version = "2017-02-11";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Tigge";
+    repo = "openant";
+    rev = "ed89281e37f65d768641e87356cef38877952397";
+    sha256 = "1g81l9arqdy09ijswn3sp4d6i3z18d44lzyb78bwnvdb14q22k19";
+  };
+
+  # Removes some setup.py hacks intended to install udev rules.
+  # We do the job ourselves in postInstall below.
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i -e '/cmdclass=.*/d' setup.py
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -dm755 "$out/etc/udev/rules.d"
+    install -m644 resources/ant-usb-sticks.rules "$out/etc/udev/rules.d/99-ant-usb-sticks.rules"
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyusb ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Tigge/openant";
+    description = "ANT and ANT-FS Python Library";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c9977ca48cd0..44716eeb131f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1411,36 +1411,7 @@ in {
 
   wakeonlan = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wakeonlan { };
 
-  openant = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "openant-unstable-2017-02-11";
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/Tigge/openant";
-      description = "ANT and ANT-FS Python Library";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-    };
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "Tigge";
-      repo = "openant";
-      rev = "ed89281e37f65d768641e87356cef38877952397";
-      sha256 = "1g81l9arqdy09ijswn3sp4d6i3z18d44lzyb78bwnvdb14q22k19";
-    };
-
-    # Removes some setup.py hacks intended to install udev rules.
-    # We do the job ourselves in postInstall below.
-    postPatch = ''
-      sed -i -e '/cmdclass=.*/d' setup.py
-    '';
-
-    postInstall = ''
-      install -dm755 "$out/etc/udev/rules.d"
-      install -m644 resources/ant-usb-sticks.rules "$out/etc/udev/rules.d/99-ant-usb-sticks.rules"
-    '';
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pyusb ];
-  };
+  openant = callPackage ../development/python-modules/openant { };
 
   opencv = toPythonModule (pkgs.opencv.override {
     enablePython = true;