diff --git a/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/derivation.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/derivation.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/derivation.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/derivation.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..608bddaff15d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ callPackage }: (callPackage ./versions.nix { }).vanilla
diff --git a/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/update.py b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/update.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/update.py
rename to pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/update.py
diff --git a/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/versions.json b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/versions.json
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/versions.json
rename to pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/versions.json
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/versions.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/versions.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8f4aa2ad336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minecraft-server/versions.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  javaPackages,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  nixosTests,
+  makeWrapper,
+  udev,
+}:
+let
+  versions = lib.importJSON ./versions.json;
+
+  latestVersion = lib.last (builtins.sort lib.versionOlder (builtins.attrNames versions));
+  escapeVersion = builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ];
+
+  getJavaVersion = v: (builtins.getAttr "openjdk${toString v}" javaPackages.compiler).headless;
+
+  mkVersion = (
+    version: value: {
+      name = "vanilla-${escapeVersion version}";
+      value = import ./derivation.nix {
+        inherit
+          lib
+          stdenv
+          fetchurl
+          nixosTests
+          makeWrapper
+          udev
+          ;
+        inherit (value) version url sha1;
+        jre_headless = getJavaVersion (
+          if value.javaVersion == null then
+            8
+          else if value.javaVersion == 16 then
+            17
+          else
+            value.javaVersion
+        ); # versions <= 1.6 will default to 8
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  packages = lib.mapAttrs' mkVersion versions;
+in
+lib.recurseIntoAttrs (
+  packages
+  // {
+    vanilla = (mkVersion latestVersion versions.${latestVersion}).value;
+  }
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/default.nix b/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b5a9a28834b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/minecraft-servers/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  callPackage,
-  lib,
-  javaPackages,
-}:
-let
-  versions = lib.importJSON ./versions.json;
-
-  latestVersion = lib.last (builtins.sort lib.versionOlder (builtins.attrNames versions));
-  escapeVersion = builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ];
-
-  getJavaVersion = v: (builtins.getAttr "openjdk${toString v}" javaPackages.compiler).headless;
-
-  packages = lib.mapAttrs' (version: value: {
-    name = "vanilla-${escapeVersion version}";
-    value = callPackage ./derivation.nix {
-      inherit (value) version url sha1;
-      jre_headless = getJavaVersion (
-        if value.javaVersion == null then
-          8
-        else if value.javaVersion == 16 then
-          17
-        else
-          value.javaVersion
-      ); # versions <= 1.6 will default to 8
-    };
-  }) versions;
-in
-lib.recurseIntoAttrs (
-  packages
-  // {
-    vanilla = builtins.getAttr "vanilla-${escapeVersion latestVersion}" packages;
-  }
-)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 17e4c27dcc3a..a041db627305 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11137,8 +11137,7 @@ with pkgs;
     enableServer = true;
   };
 
-  minecraftServers = import ../games/minecraft-servers { inherit callPackage lib javaPackages; };
-  minecraft-server = minecraftServers.vanilla; # backwards compatibility
+  minecraftServers = callPackage ../by-name/mi/minecraft-server/versions.nix { };
 
   luanti-client = luanti.override { buildServer = false; };
   luanti-server = luanti.override { buildClient = false; };