diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtimelog/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtimelog/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05a0c7e3dd99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtimelog/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages, wrapGAppsHook
+, glibcLocales, gobject-introspection, gtk3, libsoup_3, libsecret
+}:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "gtimelog";
+  version = "unstable-2023-10-05";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = pname;
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "ba606cbe8eef0e3dc098c6ab3bcbe381bf7ef410";
+    hash = "sha256-+iBHfbUJtAtI/vcHj0Y8f9OxAp1SnhQyMqedVzSYPZQ=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ wrapGAppsHook gobject-introspection ];
+  buildInputs = [ glibcLocales gtk3 libsoup_3 libsecret ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    pygobject3
+  ];
+  checkInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    freezegun
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    patchShebangs ./runtests
+    ./runtests
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "gtimelog" ];
+
+  dontWrapGApps = true;
+
+  # Arguments to be passed to `makeWrapper`, only used by buildPython*
+  preFixup = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs+=("''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}")
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -Dm644 gtimelog.desktop $out/share/applications/gtimelog.desktop
+    install -Dm644 src/gtimelog/gtimelog.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gtimelog.png
+    install -Dm644 src/gtimelog/gtimelog-large.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/gtimelog.png
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A time tracking app";
+    longDescription = ''
+      GTimeLog is a small time tracking application for GNOME.
+      It's main goal is to be as unintrusive as possible.
+
+      To run gtimelog successfully on a system that does not have full GNOME
+      installed, the following NixOS options should be set:
+      - programs.dconf.enable = true;
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://gtimelog.org/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ oxzi ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gtimelog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gtimelog/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d6accc642a8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gtimelog/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper
-, glibcLocales, gobject-introspection, gtk3, libsoup, libsecret
-, buildPythonPackage, python
-, pygobject3, freezegun, mock
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "gtimelog";
-  version = "unstable-2020-05-16";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = pname;
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "80682ddbf9e0d68b8c67257289784f3b49b543d8";
-    sha256 = "0qv2kv7vc3qqlzxsisgg31cmrkkqgnmxspbj10c5fhdmwzzwi0i9";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper gobject-introspection ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    glibcLocales gtk3 libsoup libsecret
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pygobject3 freezegun mock
-  ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace runtests --replace "/usr/bin/env python3" "${python.interpreter}"
-    ./runtests
-  '';
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "gtimelog" ];
-
-  preFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/gtimelog \
-      --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH" \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ":" "${gtk3.out}/lib" \
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A time tracking app";
-    longDescription = ''
-      GTimeLog is a small time tracking application for GNOME.
-      It's main goal is to be as unintrusive as possible.
-
-      To run gtimelog successfully on a system that does not have full GNOME 3
-      installed, the following NixOS options should be set:
-      - programs.dconf.enable = true;
-      - services.gnome.gnome-keyring.enable = true;
-
-      In addition, the following packages should be added to the environment:
-      - gnome.adwaita-icon-theme
-      - gnome.dconf
-    '';
-    homepage = "https://gtimelog.org/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ oxzi ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 27b3805f6344..c25c85f04cdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31762,8 +31762,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gthumb = callPackage ../applications/graphics/gthumb { };
 
-  gtimelog = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication gtimelog;
-
   inherit (gnome) gucharmap;
 
   guitarix = callPackage ../applications/audio/guitarix {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 9a3b4f5c10ac..c6bbb79ce367 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   grappelli_safe = grappelli-safe; # added 2023-10-08
   groestlcoin_hash = groestlcoin-hash; # added 2024-01-06
   grpc_google_iam_v1 = grpc-google-iam-v1; # added 2021-08-21
+  inherit (pkgs) gtimelog;
   guzzle_sphinx_theme = guzzle-sphinx-theme; # added 2023-10-16
   ha-av = throw "ha-av was removed, because it is no longer maintained"; # added 2022-04-06
   HAP-python = hap-python; # added 2021-06-01
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5e012da1505b..9e0a6e1989f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4994,8 +4994,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   gtfs-realtime-bindings = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gtfs-realtime-bindings { };
 
-  gtimelog = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gtimelog { };
-
   gto = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gto { };
 
   gtts = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gtts { };