diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xz/xz/package.nix
similarity index 98%
rename from pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/xz/xz/package.nix
index d57a98eb4e20..371962669c56 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xz/xz/package.nix
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       create 30 % smaller output than gzip and 15 % smaller output than
       bzip2.
     '';
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ andrewzah ];
     license = with lib.licenses; [
       gpl2Plus
       lgpl21Plus
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6b36f9e932cf..757f07702573 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2497,8 +2497,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   liquidctl = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication liquidctl;
 
-  xz = callPackage ../tools/compression/xz { };
-
   madlang = haskell.lib.compose.justStaticExecutables haskellPackages.madlang;
 
   man = man-db;