diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lektor/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lektor/default.nix
similarity index 70%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/lektor/default.nix
rename to pkgs/tools/misc/lektor/default.nix
index b483a05caabb..b9c6cd4a69de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lektor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lektor/default.nix
@@ -1,45 +1,18 @@
 { lib
-, babel
-, buildPythonPackage
-, click
-, exifread
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchNpmDeps
-, filetype
-, flask
-, hatch-vcs
-, hatchling
-, importlib-metadata
-, inifile
-, jinja2
-, markupsafe
-, marshmallow
-, marshmallow-dataclass
-, mistune
 , nodejs
 , npmHooks
-, pillow
-, pip
-, pytest-click
-, pytest-mock
-, pytest-pylint
-, pytestCheckHook
-, python
-, pythonOlder
-, python-slugify
-, pytz
-, requests
-, watchfiles
-, werkzeug
+, python3
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+let
+  python = python3;
+in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "lektor";
   version = "3.4.0b8";
   format = "pyproject";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "lektor";
     repo = pname;
@@ -55,15 +28,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   npmRoot = "frontend";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    hatch-vcs
-    hatchling
+    python.pkgs.hatch-vcs
+    python.pkgs.hatchling
     nodejs
     npmHooks.npmConfigHook
   ];
 
   env.SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python.pkgs; [
     babel
     click
     exifread
@@ -81,13 +54,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     requests
     watchfiles
     werkzeug
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
-    importlib-metadata
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.9") [
-    pytz
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python.pkgs; [
     pytest-click
     pytest-mock
     pytestCheckHook
@@ -114,6 +83,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://www.getlektor.com/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/lektor/lektor/blob/v${version}/CHANGES.md";
     license = licenses.bsd0;
+    mainProgram = "lektor";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 62d51e7d0e5e..3b2b5ef643f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1806,6 +1806,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   kubevirt = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/kubevirt { };
 
+  lektor = callPackage ../tools/misc/lektor { };
+
   licenseclassifier = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/licenseclassifier { };
 
   license-cli = callPackage ../tools/misc/license-cli { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 270339603b7c..467d1c1a4df4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   Keras = keras; # added 2021-11-25
   ldap = python-ldap; # added 2022-09-16
   lammps-cython = throw "lammps-cython no longer builds and is unmaintained"; # added 2021-07-04
+  lektor = throw "lektor has been promoted to a top-level attribute"; # added 2023-08-01
   logilab_astng = throw "logilab-astng has not been released since 2013 and is unmaintained"; # added 2022-11-29
   logilab_common = logilab-common; # added 2022-11-21
   loo-py = loopy; # added 2022-05-03
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 77be11f4ca98..1324c28692a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5807,8 +5807,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
     igraph-c = pkgs.igraph;
   };
 
-  lektor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lektor { };
-
   leveldb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/leveldb { };
 
   levenshtein = callPackage ../development/python-modules/levenshtein { };