diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flootty/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/flootty/default.nix
similarity index 80%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/flootty/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/tools/flootty/default.nix
index 92ce520fd19..9535ba86dd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flootty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/flootty/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+{ stdenv, python }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+let
+  inherit (python.pkgs) buildPythonApplication fetchPypi;
+in
+
+buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "Flootty";
   version = "3.2.1";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 84384931974..4d31c9bcfdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7444,7 +7444,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   findbugs = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/findbugs { };
 
-  flootty = pythonPackages.flootty;
+  flootty = callPackage ../development/tools/flootty { };
 
   flow = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/flow {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index eede8853574..fec2e3fd493 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -225,8 +225,6 @@ in {
 
   diff-match-patch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/diff-match-patch { };
 
-  flootty = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flootty { };
-
   gssapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gssapi { };
 
   h5py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/h5py {