diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ar/arj/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ar/arj/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55a1dfdc3a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ar/arj/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{
+  gccStdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchurl,
+  fetchzip,
+  fetchpatch,
+  autoreconfHook,
+}:
+
+gccStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "arj";
+  version = "3.10.22";
+  debianrev = "28";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/arj/arj_${finalAttrs.version}.orig.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-WJ5Mm8zIZp57bY1vzWTgH2osIf4QqtVqgzBOzDuWp9s=";
+  };
+
+  versionPatch = fetchzip {
+    url = "http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/arj/arj_${finalAttrs.version}-${finalAttrs.debianrev}.debian.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-rmu5RSZ6OHGT093PShzkvC3ktm/U6smta6pmn9D7Jfw=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  postPatch =
+    lib.optionalString gccStdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+      substituteInPlace environ.c \
+          --replace-fail "  #include <sys/statfs.h>" "  #include <sys/mount.h>"
+    ''
+    + ''
+      cp -r ${finalAttrs.versionPatch} ./debian
+      chmod +w debian/patches/gnu_build_cross.patch
+      chmod +w debian/patches
+      mv debian/patches/gnu_build_cross.patch debian/patches/zz_for_last_gnu_build_cross.patch # This patch should be applied at last
+      for fname in debian/patches/*.patch
+        do
+          patch -p1 < "$fname"
+        done
+    '';
+
+  env = {
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
+      "-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration"
+    ];
+  };
+
+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    cd gnu
+  '';
+
+  postConfigure = ''
+    cd ..
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Open-source implementation of the world-famous ARJ archiver";
+    longDescription = ''
+      This version of ARJ has been created with an intent to preserve maximum
+      compatibility and retain the feature set of the original ARJ archiver as
+      provided by ARJ Software, Inc.
+    '';
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sander ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/arj/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/arj/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ad512f5834b5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/arj/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchurl,
-  fetchpatch,
-  autoreconfHook,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "arj";
-  version = "3.10.22";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1nx7jqxwqkihhdmdbahhzqhjqshzw1jcsvwddmxrwrn8rjdlr7jq";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/001_arches_align.patch";
-      sha256 = "0i3qclm2mh98c04rqpx1r4qagd3wpxlkj7lvq0ddpkmr8bm0fh0m";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/002_no_remove_static_const.patch";
-      sha256 = "0zfjqmjsj0y1kfzxbp29v6nxq5qwgazhb9clqc544sm5zn0bdp8n";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/003_64_bit_clean.patch";
-      sha256 = "0mda9fkaqf2s1xl6vlbkbq20362h3is9dpml9kfmacpbifl4dx3n";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/004_parallel_build.patch";
-      sha256 = "0gam6k7jknzmbjlf1r6c9kjh5s5h76pd31v59cnaqiycwiy8z6q9";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/005_use_system_strnlen.patch";
-      sha256 = "0q0ypm8mdsxd0rl1k0id6fdx5m7mvqgwcla4r250cmc6zqzpib6d";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/006_use_safe_strcpy.patch";
-      sha256 = "1garad95s34cix3kd77lz37andrcnz19glzkfdnkjaq7ldvzwikc";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/hurd_no_fcntl_getlk.patch";
-      sha256 = "0b3hpn4qypimrw9ar2n4h24886sl6pmim4lb4ly1wqcq0f73arva";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/security_format.patch";
-      sha256 = "0q67cvln55p38bm0xwd2cgppqmkp2nfar2pg1zj78f7ncn35lbvf";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/doc_refer_robert_k_jung.patch";
-      sha256 = "1wxdx0m6a9vdvjlaycwsissn75l1ni7grg8n6qmkynz2vrcvgzb1";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/gnu_build_fix.patch";
-      sha256 = "19ycp1rak7l6ql28m50v95ls621w3sl8agw5r5va73svkgh8hc3g";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/gnu_build_flags.patch";
-      sha256 = "1jw1y9i9lw1idgi4l9cycwsql1hcz1m4f3k2iybwsgx0acaw695q";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/gnu_build_strip.patch";
-      sha256 = "1b18khj6cxnjyqk2ycygwqlcs20hrsbf4h6bckl99dxnpbq5blxi";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/gnu_build_pie.patch";
-      sha256 = "1jqswxgc1plipblf055n9175fbanfi6fb67lnzk8dcvxjn227fs3";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/self_integrity_64bit.patch";
-      sha256 = "0s5zdq81a0f83hdg9hy6lqn3xvckx9y9r20awczm9mbf11vi01cb";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/security-afl.patch";
-      sha256 = "0yajcwpghij8wg21a0kkp3f9x7anz5m121jx2vnkyn04bvi9541a";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/security-traversal-dir.patch";
-      sha256 = "10lv3867k0wm2s0cyf40hkxfqbjaxm4aph5ivk2q2rjkracrn2y4";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/security-traversal-symlink.patch";
-      sha256 = "095pdfskxwh0jnyy31dpz10s2ppv8n7lvvn4q722y3g71d0c79qq";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/out-of-bounds-read.patch";
-      sha256 = "0ps9lqkbqzlhzr2bnr47sir431z1nywr7nagkmk42iki4d96v0jq";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/remove_build_date.patch";
-      sha256 = "1vjlfq6firxpj068l9acyqs77mfydn1rwgr2jmxgsy9mq0fw1dsc";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/reproducible_help_archive.patch";
-      sha256 = "0l3qi9f140pwc6fk8qdbxx4g9d8zlf45asimmr8wfpbi4pf59n8i";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/gnu_build_cross.patch";
-      sha256 = "1vb0vbh3jbxj192q47vg3f41l343ghcz2ypbrrm2bkbpwm5cl8qr";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/fix-time_t-usage.patch";
-      sha256 = "012c6pnf5y4jwn715kxn3vjy088rm905959j6yh8bslyx84qaijv";
-    })
-
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/a/arj/3.10.22-24/debian/patches/gnu_build_fix_autoreconf.patch";
-      sha256 = "0yhxbdasnbqcg1nyx2379fpbr7fmdlv4n2nlxrv1z1vbc7rlvw9d";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
-
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-    substituteInPlace environ.c \
-        --replace "  #include <sys/statfs.h>" "  #include <sys/mount.h>"
-  '';
-
-  preAutoreconf = ''
-    cd gnu
-  '';
-
-  postConfigure = ''
-    cd ..
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Open-source implementation of the world-famous ARJ archiver";
-    longDescription = ''
-      This version of ARJ has been created with an intent to preserve maximum
-      compatibility and retain the feature set of the original ARJ archiver as
-      provided by ARJ Software, Inc.
-    '';
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.sander ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 78a61fe67a34..1e685d183bc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1645,10 +1645,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   apitrace = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/apitrace { };
 
-  arj = callPackage ../tools/archivers/arj {
-    stdenv = gccStdenv;
-  };
-
   arpack-mpi = arpack.override { useMpi = true; };
 
   inherit (callPackages ../data/fonts/arphic {})