diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow-estimator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow-estimator/bin.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow-estimator/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow-estimator/bin.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 5430ab54c662..4ad9b845adc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   SQLAlchemy-ImageAttach = throw "sqlalchemy-imageattach has been removed as it is incompatible with sqlalchemy 1.4 and unmaintained"; # added 2022-04-23
   tensorflow-bin_2 = tensorflow-bin; # added 2021-11-25
   tensorflow-build_2 = tensorflow-build; # added 2021-11-25
+  tensorflow-estimator = tensorflow-estimator-bin; # added 2023-01-17
   tensorflow-estimator_2 = tensorflow-estimator; # added 2021-11-25
   tensorflow-tensorboard = tensorboard; # added 2022-03-06
   tensorflow-tensorboard_2 = tensorflow-tensorboard; # added 2021-11-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dac63cf3b790..d7dcddcfac07 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11227,7 +11227,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   tensorflow-datasets = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tensorflow-datasets { };
 
-  tensorflow-estimator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tensorflow-estimator { };
+  tensorflow-estimator-bin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tensorflow-estimator/bin.nix { };
 
   tensorflow-metadata = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tensorflow-metadata { };