diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-lint/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/lint.nix
similarity index 81%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-lint/default.nix
rename to pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/lint.nix
index f50b333065f6..589e4284299b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-lint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/lint.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,14 @@
 { lib
-, buildPythonPackage
+, python3
 , fetchPypi
-, setuptools
-, setuptools-scm
-, ansible-core
-, black
-, filelock
-, flaky
-, jsonschema
-, packaging
-, pythonOlder
-, pytest-xdist
-, pytestCheckHook
-, pythonRelaxDepsHook
-, pyyaml
-, rich
-, ruamel-yaml
-, subprocess-tee
-, wcmatch
-, yamllint
+, ansible
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "ansible-lint";
   version = "6.16.0";
   format = "pyproject";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
-
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-34Lzk18SCeMHRAjurl6DfM7G/VLB0xJmif9BJKuwpcs=";
@@ -39,7 +20,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace "sys.exit(1)" ""
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     setuptools
     setuptools-scm
     pythonRelaxDepsHook
@@ -49,7 +30,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "ruamel.yaml"
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     # https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint/blob/master/.config/requirements.in
     ansible-core
     black
@@ -67,7 +48,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # tests can't be easily run without installing things from ansible-galaxy
   doCheck = false;
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     flaky
     pytest-xdist
     pytestCheckHook
@@ -76,7 +57,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   preCheck = ''
     # ansible wants to write to $HOME and crashes if it can't
     export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-    export PATH=$PATH:${lib.makeBinPath [ ansible-core ]}
+    export PATH=$PATH:${lib.makeBinPath [ ansible ]}
 
     # create a working ansible-lint executable
     export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/src/ansiblelint
@@ -102,7 +83,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_discover_lintables_umlaut"
   ];
 
-  makeWrapperArgs = [ "--prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ ansible-core ]}" ];
+  makeWrapperArgs = [ "--prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ ansible ]}" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Best practices checker for Ansible";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2246de4b9d11..5bec83390d0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17567,7 +17567,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ansible-later = with python3.pkgs; toPythonApplication ansible-later;
 
-  ansible-lint = with python3.pkgs; toPythonApplication ansible-lint;
+  ansible-lint = callPackage ../tools/admin/ansible/lint.nix { };
 
   antlr2 = callPackage ../development/tools/parsing/antlr/2.7.7.nix { };
   antlr3_4 = callPackage ../development/tools/parsing/antlr/3.4.nix { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 85f68182349d..5eb1ee78bb4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   abodepy = jaraco-abode; # added 2023-02-01
   aioh2 = throw "aioh2 has been removed because it is abandoned and broken."; # Added 2022-03-30
   ansible-base = throw "ansible-base has been removed, because it is end of life"; # added 2022-03-30
+  ansible-lint = throw "ansible-lint has been promoted to a top-level attribute"; # Added 2023-05-16
   anyjson = throw "anyjson has been removed, it was using setuptools 2to3 translation feature, which has been removed in setuptools 58"; # added 2022-01-18
   argon2_cffi = argon2-cffi; # added 2022-05-09
   APScheduler = apscheduler; # added 2023-02-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fc10f81e28b8..4087aa14a5c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -500,8 +500,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ansible-later = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible-later { };
 
-  ansible-lint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible-lint { };
-
   ansible-runner = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible-runner { };
 
   ansi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansi { };