diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/skydns/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/skydns/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c430ed4b37c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/skydns/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, goPackages, fetchFromGitHub, etcd }:
-
-with goPackages;
-
-buildGoPackage rec {
-  name = "skydns-${version}";
-  version = "2.5.2b";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/skynetservices/skydns";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "skynetservices";
-    repo = "skydns";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "01vac6bd71wky5jbd5k4a0x665bjn1cpmw7p655jrdcn5757c2lv";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = with goPackages; [ go-etcd rcrowley.go-metrics influxdb go-systemd go-log dns stathat osext etcd ];
-  dontInstallSrc = true;
-
-  subPackages = [ "." ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "DNS service discovery for etcd";
-    homepage = https://github.com/skynetservices/skydns;
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2c6222996ad..d785060085a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3012,7 +3012,7 @@ let
 
   skippy-xd = callPackage ../tools/X11/skippy-xd {};
 
-  skydns = callPackage ../servers/dns/skydns { };
+  skydns = goPackages.skydns.bin // { outputs = [ "bin" ]; };
 
   sipcalc = callPackage ../tools/networking/sipcalc { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
index 8ca1e2336a7..2d639f1f742 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
@@ -2620,6 +2620,17 @@ let
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ slices ];
   };
 
+  skydns = buildFromGitHub {
+    rev = "2.5.2b";
+    owner = "skynetservices";
+    repo = "skydns";
+    sha256 = "01vac6bd71wky5jbd5k4a0x665bjn1cpmw7p655jrdcn5757c2lv";
+
+    buildInputs = [
+      go-etcd rcrowley.go-metrics influxdb go-systemd go-log dns stathat osext
+    ];
+  };
+
   slices = buildGoPackage rec {
     rev = "bb44bb2e4817fe71ba7082d351fd582e7d40e3ea";
     name = "slices-${stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";