diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/nrpl/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nr/nrpl/package.nix
similarity index 82%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/nrpl/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/nr/nrpl/package.nix
index 84147faf74e5..31ed20246e67 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/nrpl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nr/nrpl/package.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-{ lib, nimPackages, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, makeWrapper, pcre, tinycc }:
+{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, makeWrapper, nim, pcre, tinycc }:
 
-nimPackages.buildNimPackage {
+buildNimPackage {
   pname = "nrpl";
   version = "20150522";
-  nimBinOnly = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "wheineman";
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ nimPackages.buildNimPackage {
 
   postFixup = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/nrpl \
-      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ nimPackages.nim tinycc ]}
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ nim tinycc ]}
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 13bbdd5c1ec8..6d491d94f065 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16801,8 +16801,6 @@ with pkgs;
   buildNimPackage = callPackage ../development/compilers/nim/build-nim-package.nix { };
   nimOverrides = callPackage ./nim-overrides.nix { };
 
-  nrpl = callPackage ../development/tools/nrpl { };
-
   nimlsp = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/nimlsp { };
 
   neko = callPackage ../development/compilers/neko { };