diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotsuite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotsuite/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2dd672c01097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotsuite/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, unittest2, robotframework, lxml }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "robotsuite";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "15iw7g6gspf1ill0mzjrj71dirqfc86f1j14wphdvs2lazv8d50z";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unittest2 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ robotframework lxml ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python unittest test suite for Robot Framework";
+    homepage = http://github.com/collective/robotsuite/;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index da15c8f0073f..e3e0d78cb80d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18746,27 +18746,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-
-  robotsuite = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "robotsuite";
-    version = "2.0.0";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "15iw7g6gspf1ill0mzjrj71dirqfc86f1j14wphdvs2lazv8d50z";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ unittest2 ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ robotframework lxml ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python unittest test suite for Robot Framework";
-      homepage = http://github.com/collective/robotsuite/;
-      license = licenses.gpl3;
-    };
-  };
-
+  robotsuite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/robotsuite { };
 
   robotframework-ride = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "1.2.3";