diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/phpcbf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/phpcbf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..265c33b4ea0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/phpcbf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ mkDerivation, fetchurl, pkgs, lib, php }:
+let
+  pname = "phpcbf";
+  version = "3.5.5";
+in
+mkDerivation {
+  inherit pname version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/releases/download/${version}/phpcbf.phar";
+    sha256 = "0hgagn70gl46migm6zpwcr39dxal07f5cdpnasrafgz5vq0gwr3g";
+  };
+
+  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    install -D $src $out/libexec/phpcbf/phpcbf.phar
+    makeWrapper ${php}/bin/php $out/bin/phpcbf \
+      --add-flags "$out/libexec/phpcbf/phpcbf.phar"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+    description = "PHP coding standard beautifier and fixer";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    homepage = "https://squizlabs.github.io/PHP_CodeSniffer/";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cmcdragonkai ] ++ teams.php.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 975f94f0dd33..c253e51246c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -43,32 +43,7 @@ in
 
     php-parallel-lint = callPackage ../development/php-packages/php-parallel-lint { };
 
-    phpcbf = mkDerivation rec {
-      version = "3.5.5";
-      pname = "phpcbf";
-
-      src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-        url = "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/releases/download/${version}/phpcbf.phar";
-        sha256 = "0hgagn70gl46migm6zpwcr39dxal07f5cdpnasrafgz5vq0gwr3g";
-      };
-
-      phases = [ "installPhase" ];
-      nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
-
-      installPhase = ''
-        mkdir -p $out/bin
-        install -D $src $out/libexec/phpcbf/phpcbf.phar
-        makeWrapper ${php}/bin/php $out/bin/phpcbf \
-          --add-flags "$out/libexec/phpcbf/phpcbf.phar"
-      '';
-
-      meta = with pkgs.lib; {
-        description = "PHP coding standard beautifier and fixer";
-        license = licenses.bsd3;
-        homepage = "https://squizlabs.github.io/PHP_CodeSniffer/";
-        maintainers = with maintainers; [ cmcdragonkai ] ++ teams.php.members;
-      };
-    };
+    phpcbf = callPackage ../development/php-packages/phpcbf { };
 
     phpcs = mkDerivation rec {
       version = "3.5.5";