diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/btrfsutil/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/btrfsutil/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d529ec09c705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/btrfsutil/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, btrfs-progs
+}:
+buildPythonPackage {
+  pname = "btrfsutil";
+  inherit (btrfs-progs) version src;
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  buildInputs = [ btrfs-progs ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cd libbtrfsutil/python
+  '';
+
+  # No tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "btrfsutil" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Library for managing Btrfs filesystems";
+    homepage = "https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin lopsided98 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix
index ee1bea9c29ef..e01ee2a8cf47 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl
-, pkg-config, python3, sphinx
+, pkg-config, sphinx
 , zstd
 , acl, attr, e2fsprogs, libuuid, lzo, udev, zlib
 , runCommand, btrfs-progs
 , gitUpdater
 , udevSupport ? true
-, enablePython ? true
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -19,13 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
-  ] ++ lib.optionals enablePython [
-    python3 python3.pkgs.setuptools
   ] ++ [
     sphinx
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ acl attr e2fsprogs libuuid lzo python3 udev zlib zstd ];
+  buildInputs = [ acl attr e2fsprogs libuuid lzo udev zlib zstd ];
 
   # gcc bug with -O1 on ARM with gcc 4.8
   # This should be fine on all platforms so apply universally
@@ -35,18 +32,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     install -v -m 444 -D btrfs-completion $out/share/bash-completion/completions/btrfs
   '';
 
-  configureFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [
-    "--disable-backtrace"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (!enablePython) [
+  configureFlags = [
+    # Built separately, see python3Packages.btrfsutil
     "--disable-python"
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [
+    "--disable-backtrace"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (!udevSupport) [
     "--disable-libudev"
   ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "udevruledir=$(out)/lib/udev/rules.d" ];
 
-  installFlags = lib.optionals enablePython [ "install_python" ];
-
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   passthru.tests = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0ae0f7f102ab..0c9581df4966 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   btrfs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/btrfs { };
 
-  btrfsutil = toPythonModule (pkgs.btrfs-progs.override { python3 = self.python; });
+  btrfsutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/btrfsutil { };
 
   btsocket = callPackage ../development/python-modules/btsocket { };