diff --git a/pkgs/games/macopix/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/macopix/package.nix
similarity index 88%
rename from pkgs/games/macopix/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ma/macopix/package.nix
index 06ba50a18583..9893cd314807 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/macopix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/macopix/package.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
   pkg-config,
-  gtk,
+  gtk3,
   openssl,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "macopix";
-  version = "1.7.4";
+  version = "3.4.0";
 
   # GitHub does not contain tags
   # https://github.com/chimari/MaCoPiX/issues/6
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [
-    gtk
+    gtk3
     openssl
   ];
 
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lX11";
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Mascot Constructive Pilot for X";
     mainProgram = "macopix";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bfc6196f1ad6..a7a2449f936a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16265,10 +16265,6 @@ with pkgs;
   liquidwar5 = callPackage ../games/liquidwar/5.nix {
   };
 
-  macopix = callPackage ../games/macopix {
-    gtk = gtk3;
-  };
-
   maptool = callPackage ../games/maptool {
     # MapTool is fussy about which JRE it uses; OpenJDK will leave it hanging
     # at launch in a class initialization deadlock. MapTool ships Temurin with