diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/redis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/redis/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e322aecf2b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/redis/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ buildPecl, lib, php }:
+
+buildPecl {
+  pname = "redis";
+
+  version = "5.1.1";
+  sha256 = "1041zv91fkda73w4c3pj6zdvwjgb3q7mxg6mwnq9gisl80mrs732";
+
+  internalDeps = with php.extensions; [
+    json
+    session
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [
+    hash
+  ];
+
+  meta.maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 390466c0f6b4..a46589288590 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -132,20 +132,7 @@ in
 
     rdkafka = callPackage ../development/php-packages/rdkafka { };
 
-    redis = buildPecl {
-      version = "5.1.1";
-      pname = "redis";
-
-      sha256 = "1041zv91fkda73w4c3pj6zdvwjgb3q7mxg6mwnq9gisl80mrs732";
-
-      internalDeps = with php.extensions; [
-        json
-        session
-      ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [
-        hash ];
-
-      meta.maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
-    };
+    redis = callPackage ../development/php-packages/redis { };
 
     sqlsrv = buildPecl {
       version = "5.8.1";