diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmtime/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/wasmtime/package.nix
similarity index 89%
rename from pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmtime/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/wa/wasmtime/package.nix
index a8d438430d62..d8a2e04ab4a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmtime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wa/wasmtime/package.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 {
   lib,
-  rustPlatform,
-  cmake,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  Security,
   stdenv,
+  rustPlatform,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  cmake,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
-let
-  inherit (stdenv.targetPlatform.rust) cargoShortTarget;
-in
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "wasmtime";
   version = "31.0.0";
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     "dev"
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin Security;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   doCheck =
@@ -52,6 +49,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
       !isAarch64;
 
   postInstall =
+    let
+      inherit (stdenv.targetPlatform.rust) cargoShortTarget;
+    in
     ''
       # move libs from out to dev
       install -d -m 0755 $dev/lib
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
         $dev/lib/libwasmtime.dylib
     '';
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Standalone JIT-style runtime for WebAssembly, using Cranelift";
     homepage = "https://wasmtime.dev/";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 20b63e41d2b4..645685eb5e15 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19450,10 +19450,6 @@ with pkgs;
     nanoizeNewlib = true;
   };
 
-  wasmtime = callPackage ../development/interpreters/wasmtime {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
-  };
-
   wfuzz = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication wfuzz;
 
   kodelife = callPackage ../applications/graphics/kodelife {