diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gex/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ge/gex/package.nix
similarity index 64%
rename from pkgs/applications/version-management/gex/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ge/gex/package.nix
index 51a8839261af..50336ec56021 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ge/gex/package.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, rustPlatform
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, pkg-config
-, libgit2
-, Security
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  rustPlatform,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pkg-config,
+  libgit2,
+  darwin,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
@@ -13,18 +14,20 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Piturnah";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "gex";
     rev = "v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-Xer7a3UtFIv3idchI7DfZ5u6qgDW/XFWi5ihtcREXqo=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    libgit2
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    Security
-  ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      libgit2
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security
+    ];
 
   # force the libgit2-sys crate to use the system libgit2 library
   LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = 1;
@@ -35,8 +38,15 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     description = "Git Explorer: cross-platform git workflow improvement tool inspired by Magit";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Piturnah/gex";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Piturnah/gex/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
-    license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* or */ mit ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ azd325 evanrichter piturnah ];
+    license = with licenses; [
+      asl20 # or
+      mit
+    ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      azd325
+      evanrichter
+      piturnah
+    ];
     mainProgram = "gex";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a2cab3581603..8eb55c3fc4d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2161,10 +2161,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   forgejo-lts = callPackage ../by-name/fo/forgejo/lts.nix { };
 
-  gex = callPackage ../applications/version-management/gex {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
-  };
-
   gfold = callPackage ../applications/version-management/gfold {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };