diff --git a/pkgs/games/wesnoth/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/we/wesnoth/package.nix
similarity index 92%
rename from pkgs/games/wesnoth/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/we/wesnoth/package.nix
index 1db4ae430e28..a50355909457 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/wesnoth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/we/wesnoth/package.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   SDL2_ttf,
   pango,
   gettext,
-  boost,
+  boost186,
   libvorbis,
   fribidi,
   dbus,
@@ -20,11 +20,21 @@
   pcre,
   openssl,
   icu,
-  lua,
+  lua5_4,
   curl,
   nix-update-script,
 }:
 
+let
+  boost = boost186;
+  # wesnoth requires lua built with c++, see https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/pull/8234
+  lua = lua5_4.override {
+    postConfigure = ''
+      makeFlagsArray+=("CC=$CXX")
+    '';
+  };
+in
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "wesnoth";
   version = "1.18.5";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e39009dfeb3a..b68b2fe15612 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13917,18 +13917,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   warsow = callPackage ../games/warsow { };
 
-  wesnoth = callPackage ../games/wesnoth {
-    boost = boost186;
-    # wesnoth requires lua built with c++, see https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/pull/8234
-    lua = lua5_4.override {
-      postConfigure = ''
-        makeFlagsArray+=("CC=$CXX")
-      '';
-    };
-  };
-
-  wesnoth-dev = wesnoth;
-
   inherit (callPackage ../games/xonotic { })
     xonotic-data
     xonotic