diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/make-brave.nix b/pkgs/by-name/br/brave/make-brave.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/make-brave.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/br/brave/make-brave.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/br/brave/package.nix
similarity index 77%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/br/brave/package.nix
index 65d064459e61..50a33da09848 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/br/brave/package.nix
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ callPackage ./make-brave.nix (removeAttrs args [ "callPackage" ])
     if stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 then
       rec {
         pname = "brave";
-        version = "1.70.123";
+        version = "1.71.118";
         url = "https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v${version}/brave-browser_${version}_arm64.deb";
-        hash = "sha256-YqSZYQinNyQQQds5ACyDCeZA+D4sBxyMvMiOvD6CVeU=";
+        hash = "sha256-6ERUWUb4GL+kuI0j8VI3vERR3HFfb1gYL4d+hBTcw5w=";
         platform = "aarch64-linux";
       }
     else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 then
       rec {
         pname = "brave";
-        version = "1.70.123";
+        version = "1.71.118";
         url = "https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v${version}/brave-browser_${version}_amd64.deb";
-        hash = "sha256-Hr7/Yry7fhSDe1gzpZqtjuIDrbB6HuC1PSeBQ3HlAdE=";
+        hash = "sha256-SnpYAJmqBRfECQrlOvgxwQI1k7j0tfctJG7Tt93afe8=";
         platform = "x86_64-linux";
       }
     else
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/br/brave/update.sh
similarity index 97%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/update.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/br/brave/update.sh
index d08c1559d0a4..aff0dd552102 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/br/brave/update.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ hashAmd64="$(nix hash to-sri --type sha256 \
     | sed -r -n 's/^SHA256: (.*)/\1/p' | head -n1)
 )"
 
-cat > $SCRIPT_DIR/default.nix << EOF
+cat > $SCRIPT_DIR/package.nix << EOF
 # Expression generated by update.sh; do not edit it by hand!
 { stdenv, callPackage, ... }@args:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dd3d073cf15a..b7d3dfb91154 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28308,8 +28308,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   buzztrax = callPackage ../applications/audio/buzztrax { };
 
-  brave = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/brave { };
-
   break-time = callPackage ../applications/misc/break-time { };
 
   breezy = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication breezy;