diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
index 8a25858cfd6a..34d3416a238d 100644
--- a/.git-blame-ignore-revs
+++ b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
@@ -163,6 +163,15 @@ fbdcdde04a7caa007e825a8b822c75fab9adb2d6
 # step-cli: format package.nix with nixfmt (#331629)
 fc7a83f8b62e90de5679e993d4d49ca014ea013d
 
+# ndn-cxx: format with nixfmt-rfc-style
+160b2b769c3b8a6d1ae9947afa77520fa2887db7
+
+# ndn-tools: format with nixfmt-rfc-style
+4882ef721ce3d7bb3b5e48ff80125255db515013
+
+# nfd: format with nixfmt-rfc-style
+548c2377fa81e2abfc192fbf4f521e601251c468
+
 # darwin.stdenv: format with nixfmt-rfc-style (#333962)
 93c10ac9e561c6594d3baaeaff2341907390d9b8
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ndn-cxx/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nd/ndn-cxx/package.nix
similarity index 76%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/ndn-cxx/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/nd/ndn-cxx/package.nix
index b968a0ee48be..144d79262c84 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ndn-cxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nd/ndn-cxx/package.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, doxygen
-, pkg-config
-, python3
-, python3Packages
-, wafHook
-, boost179
-, openssl
-, sqlite
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  doxygen,
+  pkg-config,
+  python3,
+  python3Packages,
+  wafHook,
+  boost,
+  openssl,
+  sqlite,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -18,18 +19,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "named-data";
     repo = "ndn-cxx";
-    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
+    rev = "ndn-cxx-${version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-u9+QxqdCET1f5B54HF+Jk/YuQvhcYWsPNIVHi5l0XTM=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ doxygen pkg-config python3 python3Packages.sphinx wafHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    doxygen
+    pkg-config
+    python3
+    python3Packages.sphinx
+    wafHook
+  ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ boost179 openssl sqlite ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost
+    openssl
+    sqlite
+  ];
 
   wafConfigureFlags = [
     "--with-openssl=${openssl.dev}"
-    "--boost-includes=${boost179.dev}/include"
-    "--boost-libs=${boost179.out}/lib"
+    "--boost-includes=${boost.dev}/include"
+    "--boost-libs=${boost.out}/lib"
     "--with-tests"
   ];
 
@@ -58,6 +69,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sjmackenzie bertof ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      sjmackenzie
+      bertof
+    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nd/ndn-tools/package.nix
similarity index 53%
rename from pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/nd/ndn-tools/package.nix
index 1cbc6d403a9d..52941aa57fce 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nd/ndn-tools/package.nix
@@ -1,39 +1,37 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, boost
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, libpcap
-, ndn-cxx
-, openssl
-, pkg-config
-, sphinx
-, wafHook
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  boost ? ndn-cxx.boost,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  libpcap,
+  ndn-cxx,
+  openssl,
+  pkg-config,
+  sphinx,
+  wafHook,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ndn-tools";
-  version = "22.12";
+  version = "24.07";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "named-data";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "ndn-tools";
     rev = "ndn-tools-${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-28sPgo2nq5AhIzZmvDz38echGPzKDzNm2J6iIao4yL8=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-rzGd+8SkztrkXRXcEcQm6rOtAGnF7h/Jg8jaBb7FP9w=";
   };
 
-  # Hacky workaround for new pcap-config.
-  postPatch = ''
-    patch -p1 <<EOF
-      --- a/tools/dump/wscript
-      +++ b/tools/dump/wscript
-      @@ -5 +5 @@
-      -    conf.check_cfg(package='libpcap', uselib_store='PCAP',
-      +    conf.check_cfg(package="", uselib_store='PCAP',
-    EOF
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config sphinx wafHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ libpcap ndn-cxx openssl ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    sphinx
+    wafHook
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libpcap
+    ndn-cxx
+    openssl
+  ];
 
   wafConfigureFlags = [
     "--boost-includes=${boost.dev}/include"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nf/nfd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nf/nfd/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49730f44848d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nf/nfd/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  boost,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  libpcap,
+  ndn-cxx,
+  openssl,
+  pkg-config,
+  sphinx,
+  systemd,
+  wafHook,
+  websocketpp,
+  withSystemd ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform systemd,
+  withWebSocket ? true,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "nfd";
+  version = "24.07";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "named-data";
+    repo = "NFD";
+    rev = "NFD-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-HbKPO3gwQWOZf4QZE+N7tAiqsNl1GrcwE4EUGjWmf5s=";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = lib.optional withWebSocket ''
+    ln -s ${websocketpp}/include/websocketpp websocketpp
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    sphinx
+    wafHook
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libpcap
+    ndn-cxx
+    openssl
+  ] ++ lib.optional withWebSocket websocketpp ++ lib.optional withSystemd systemd;
+  wafConfigureFlags = [
+    "--boost-includes=${boost.dev}/include"
+    "--boost-libs=${boost.out}/lib"
+  ] ++ lib.optional (!withWebSocket) "--without-websocket";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://named-data.net/";
+    description = "Named Data Networking (NDN) Forwarding Daemon";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bertof ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nfd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nfd/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dd066fb5193b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/nfd/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, boost179 # probably needs to match the one from ndn-cxx
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, libpcap
-, ndn-cxx
-, openssl
-, pkg-config
-, sphinx
-, systemd
-, wafHook
-, websocketpp
-, withSystemd ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform systemd
-, withWebSocket ? true
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "nfd";
-  version = "24.07";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "named-data";
-    repo = lib.toUpper pname;
-    rev = "NFD-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-iEI8iS0eLLVe6PkOiCHL3onYNVYVZ1ttmk/aWrBkDhg=";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # These tests fail because they try to check for user/group permissions.
-    rm tests/daemon/mgmt/general-config-section.t.cpp
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config sphinx wafHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ boost179 libpcap ndn-cxx openssl websocketpp ] ++ lib.optional withSystemd systemd;
-
-  wafConfigureFlags = [
-    "--boost-includes=${boost179.dev}/include"
-    "--boost-libs=${boost179.out}/lib"
-    "--with-tests"
-  ] ++ lib.optional (!withWebSocket) "--without-websocket";
-
-  doCheck = true;
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-    build/unit-tests-core
-    build/unit-tests-daemon
-    build/unit-tests-tools
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://named-data.net/";
-    description = "Named Data Networking (NDN) Forwarding Daemon";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bertof ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 207b82ffe11f..b3c51bf2c059 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19209,12 +19209,6 @@ with pkgs;
     cudaPackages = cudaPackages_11;
   };
 
-  ndn-cxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/ndn-cxx { };
-
-  ndn-tools = callPackage ../tools/networking/ndn-tools { };
-
-  nfd = callPackage ../servers/nfd { };
-
   cddlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/cddlib { };
 
   cdk-go = callPackage ../tools/security/cdk-go { };