diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/asciidoctor.asciidoctor-vscode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/asciidoctor.asciidoctor-vscode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ab6bb7ce0c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/asciidoctor.asciidoctor-vscode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  asciidoctor,
+  lib,
+  vscode-utils,
+}:
+
+vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
+  mktplcRef = {
+    name = "asciidoctor-vscode";
+    publisher = "asciidoctor";
+    version = "2.8.9";
+    sha256 = "1xkxx5i3nhd0dzqhhdmx0li5jifsgfhv0p5h7xwsscz3gzgsdcyb";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace dist/src/text-parser.js \
+      --replace "get('asciidoctor_command', 'asciidoctor')" \
+                "get('asciidoctor_command', '${asciidoctor}/bin/asciidoctor')"
+    substituteInPlace dist/src/commands/exportAsPDF.js \
+      --replace "get('asciidoctorpdf_command', 'asciidoctor-pdf')" \
+                "get('asciidoctorpdf_command', '${asciidoctor}/bin/asciidoctor-pdf')"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
index 3a7730b38cfc..b6fa8d1f08e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 , fetchurl
 , callPackage
 , vscode-utils
-, asciidoctor
 , python3Packages
 , jdk
 , llvmPackages
@@ -356,27 +355,7 @@ let
         };
       };
 
-      asciidoctor.asciidoctor-vscode = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
-        mktplcRef = {
-          name = "asciidoctor-vscode";
-          publisher = "asciidoctor";
-          version = "2.8.9";
-          sha256 = "1xkxx5i3nhd0dzqhhdmx0li5jifsgfhv0p5h7xwsscz3gzgsdcyb";
-        };
-
-        postPatch = ''
-          substituteInPlace dist/src/text-parser.js \
-            --replace "get('asciidoctor_command', 'asciidoctor')" \
-                      "get('asciidoctor_command', '${asciidoctor}/bin/asciidoctor')"
-          substituteInPlace dist/src/commands/exportAsPDF.js \
-            --replace "get('asciidoctorpdf_command', 'asciidoctor-pdf')" \
-                      "get('asciidoctorpdf_command', '${asciidoctor}/bin/asciidoctor-pdf')"
-        '';
-
-        meta = {
-          license = lib.licenses.mit;
-        };
-      };
+      asciidoctor.asciidoctor-vscode = callPackage ./asciidoctor.asciidoctor-vscode { };
 
       asdine.cue = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
         mktplcRef = {