diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
index ebd52e3e8a1a..de539d88623f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ in
       # Since some of these have a corresponding package, we only
       # enable that program module if the package hasn't been excluded
       # through `environment.gnome.excludePackages`
-      programs.evince.enable = notExcluded pkgs.gnome.evince;
+      programs.evince.enable = notExcluded pkgs.evince;
       programs.file-roller.enable = notExcluded pkgs.file-roller;
       programs.geary.enable = notExcluded pkgs.gnome.geary;
       programs.gnome-disks.enable = notExcluded pkgs.gnome.gnome-disk-utility;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/pantheon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/pantheon.nix
index 632daac4b0fe..d1c47ba0ed19 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/pantheon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/pantheon.nix
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ in
     })
 
     (mkIf serviceCfg.apps.enable {
-      programs.evince.enable = mkDefault (notExcluded pkgs.gnome.evince);
+      programs.evince.enable = mkDefault (notExcluded pkgs.evince);
       programs.file-roller.enable = mkDefault (notExcluded pkgs.file-roller);
 
       environment.systemPackages = utils.removePackagesByName ([
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/evince/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ev/evince/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/evince/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ev/evince/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/sushi/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/sushi/default.nix
index 18f6b382737d..8afdddc42828 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/sushi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/sushi/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , meson
 , gettext
 , gobject-introspection
+, evince
 , glib
 , gnome
 , gtksourceview4
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     glib
     gtk3
-    gnome.evince
+    evince
     icu
     harfbuzz
     gjs
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
index 04a857223bc9..80b3cef3d334 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   epiphany = callPackage ./core/epiphany { };
 
-  evince = callPackage ./core/evince { }; # ToDo: dbus would prevent compilation, enable tests
-
   evolution-data-server = callPackage ./core/evolution-data-server { };
 
   gdm = callPackage ./core/gdm { };
@@ -249,6 +247,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   gedit = throw "The ‘gnome.gedit’ alias was removed. Please use ‘pkgs.gedit’ directly."; # converted to throw on 2023-12-27
   gnome-todo = throw "The ‘gnome.gnome-todo’ alias was removed. Please use ‘pkgs.endeavour’ directly."; # converted to throw on 2023-12-27
 
+  evince = lib.warn "The ‘gnome.evince’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.evince’ directly." pkgs.evince; # Added on 2024-06-13.
   file-roller = lib.warn "The ‘gnome.file-roller’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.file-roller’ directly." pkgs.file-roller; # Added on 2024-06-13.
   gnome-autoar = lib.warn "The ‘gnome.gnome-autoar’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.gnome-autoar’ directly." pkgs.gnome-autoar; # Added on 2024-06-13.
   gnome-terminal = lib.warn "The ‘gnome.gnome-terminal’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.gnome-terminal’ directly." pkgs.gnome-terminal; # Added on 2024-06-13.
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/default.nix
index 58766103fb6a..7f9d0cc8805b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/default.nix
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   elementary-screenshot-tool = throw "The ‘pantheon.elementary-screenshot-tool’ alias was removed on 2022-02-02, please use ‘pantheon.elementary-screenshot’ directly."; # added 2021-07-21
 
-  evince = pkgs.gnome.evince; # added 2022-03-18
+  evince = pkgs.evince; # added 2022-03-18
 
   extra-elementary-contracts = throw "extra-elementary-contracts has been removed as all contracts have been upstreamed."; # added 2021-12-01
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 59cfab6c13ee..6b7550094284 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30402,7 +30402,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   keeweb = callPackage ../applications/misc/keeweb { };
 
-  inherit (gnome) evince;
   evolution-data-server = gnome.evolution-data-server;
   evolution-data-server-gtk4 = evolution-data-server.override { withGtk3 = false; withGtk4 = true; };
   evolution-ews = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution-ews { };