diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/c2/c2nim/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/c2/c2nim/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2212cb5879ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/c2/c2nim/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "c2nim";
+  version = "0.9.19";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nim-lang";
+    repo = finalAttrs.pname;
+    rev = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-E8sAhTFIWAnlfWyuvqK8h8g7Puf5ejLEqgLNb5N17os=";
+  };
+  meta = finalAttrs.src.meta // {
+    description = "Tool to translate Ansi C code to Nim";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ehmry ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/c2nim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/c2nim/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c748883dbbc8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/c2nim/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub, SDL2 }:
-
-buildNimPackage rec {
-  pname = "c2nim";
-  version = "0.9.19";
-  nimBinOnly = true;
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "nim-lang";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-E8sAhTFIWAnlfWyuvqK8h8g7Puf5ejLEqgLNb5N17os=";
-  };
-  meta = with lib;
-    src.meta // {
-      description = "Tool to translate Ansi C code to Nim";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = [ maintainers.ehmry ];
-    };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
index e60c8b416ead..540882622bc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self:
 
     bumpy = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/bumpy { };
 
-    c2nim = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/c2nim { };
-
     cbor = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/cbor { };
 
     chroma = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/chroma { };