diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-desktop/patches/extension-no-download-podman.patch b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/extension-no-download-podman.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-desktop/patches/extension-no-download-podman.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/extension-no-download-podman.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
similarity index 95%
rename from pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-desktop/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
index b1e343aad5ab..6a8d20d75d76 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , makeWrapper
 , copyDesktopItems
-, electron
+, electron_34
 , nodejs
 , pnpm_9
 , makeDesktopItem
-, autoSignDarwinBinariesHook
+, darwin
 , nix-update-script
 }:
 
+let
+  electron = electron_34;
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "podman-desktop";
   version = "1.16.2";
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   patches = [
     # podman should be installed with nix; disable auto-installation
-    ./patches/extension-no-download-podman.patch
+    ./extension-no-download-podman.patch
   ];
 
   ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD = "1";
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     copyDesktopItems
     makeWrapper
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    autoSignDarwinBinariesHook
+    darwin.autoSignDarwinBinariesHook
   ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9a51c9f0a0da..6a31308d0e03 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4686,11 +4686,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   podman-compose = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/virtualization/podman-compose { };
 
-  podman-desktop = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/podman-desktop {
-    inherit (darwin) autoSignDarwinBinariesHook;
-    electron = electron_34;
-  };
-
   polaris = callPackage ../servers/polaris { };
 
   polaris-web = callPackage ../servers/polaris/web.nix { };