diff --git a/pkgs/applications/printing/pappl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/printing/pappl/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index abeb83c9271c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/printing/pappl/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, avahi
-, cups
-, gnutls
-, libjpeg
-, libpng
-, libusb1
-, pkg-config
-, withPAMSupport ? true, pam
-, zlib
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "pappl";
-  version = "1.4.6";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "michaelrsweet";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-d7QD6Kz4tBVHGFPBYcvRSzW+EtsNgpfweFvCx3ovfWE=";
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    cups
-    libjpeg
-    libpng
-    libusb1
-    zlib
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
-    # upstream mentions these are not needed for Mac
-    # see: https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pappl#requirements
-    avahi
-    gnutls
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withPAMSupport [
-    pam
-  ];
-
-  # testing requires some networking
-  # doCheck = true;
-
-  doInstallCheck = true;
-  installCheckPhase = ''
-    $out/bin/pappl-makeresheader --help
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "C-based framework/library for developing CUPS Printer Applications";
-    mainProgram = "pappl-makeresheader";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pappl";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    platforms = platforms.linux; # should also work for darwin, but requires additional work
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/pappl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/pappl/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e9ecc8150ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/pappl/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  avahi,
+  cups,
+  gnutls,
+  libjpeg,
+  libpng,
+  libusb1,
+  pkg-config,
+  withPAMSupport ? true,
+  pam,
+  zlib,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "pappl";
+  version = "1.4.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "michaelrsweet";
+    repo = "pappl";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Npry3H+QbAH19hoqAZuOwjpZwCPhOLewD8uKZlo4gdQ=";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "dev"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      cups
+      libjpeg
+      libpng
+      libusb1
+      zlib
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+      # upstream mentions these are not needed for Mac
+      # see: https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pappl#requirements
+      avahi
+      gnutls
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withPAMSupport [
+      pam
+    ];
+
+  # testing requires some networking
+  # doCheck = true;
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    $out/bin/pappl-makeresheader --help
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "C-based framework/library for developing CUPS Printer Applications";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pappl/blob/v${version}/CHANGES.md";
+    mainProgram = "pappl-makeresheader";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pappl";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux; # should also work for darwin, but requires additional work
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.NotAShelf ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 85dc76a96bfc..5043f7151a73 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10956,8 +10956,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   papertrail = callPackage ../tools/text/papertrail { };
 
-  pappl = callPackage ../applications/printing/pappl { };
-
   par2cmdline = callPackage ../tools/networking/par2cmdline { };
 
   parallel = callPackage ../tools/misc/parallel { };