diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/compiledb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/compiledb/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87d07c05852f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/compiledb/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  coreutils,
+  python3Packages,
+}:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "compiledb";
+  version = "0.10.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  build-system = [ python3Packages.setuptools ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nickdiego";
+    repo = "compiledb";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-pN2F0bFT5r8w+8kZOP/tU7Cx1SDN81fzkMfnj19jMWM=";
+  };
+
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
+    click
+    bashlex
+    shutilwhich
+  ];
+
+  # fix the tests
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace tests/data/multiple_commands_oneline.txt \
+        --replace-fail "/bin/echo" "${coreutils}/bin/echo"
+  '';
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ python3Packages.pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Tool for generating Clang's JSON Compilation Database files";
+    mainProgram = "compiledb";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nickdiego/compiledb";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sigmanificient ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/compiledb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/compiledb/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 984365481285..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/compiledb/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pytest,
-  bashlex,
-  click,
-  shutilwhich,
-  gcc,
-  coreutils,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "compiledb";
-  version = "0.10.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "nickdiego";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0qricdgqzry7j3rmgwyd43av3c2kxpzkh6f9zcqbzrjkn78qbpd4";
-  };
-
-  # fix the tests
-  patchPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace tests/data/multiple_commands_oneline.txt \
-                      --replace /bin/echo ${coreutils}/bin/echo
-  '';
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest
-    gcc
-    coreutils
-  ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    click
-    bashlex
-    shutilwhich
-  ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    pytest
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Tool for generating Clang's JSON Compilation Database files";
-    mainProgram = "compiledb";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    homepage = "https://github.com/nickdiego/compiledb";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ multun ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fb8e06097ad7..33db725967c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2550,8 +2550,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   commonmark = callPackage ../development/python-modules/commonmark { };
 
-  compiledb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/compiledb { };
-
   complycube = callPackage ../development/python-modules/complycube { };
 
   compreffor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/compreffor { };