diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/py/pybugz/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/py/pybugz/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4f35743f7a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/py/pybugz/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  python3Packages,
+}:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "pybugz";
+  version = "0.14";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "williamh";
+    repo = "pybugz";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-rhiCQPSh987QEM4aMd3R/7e6l+pm2eJDE7f5LckIuho=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ python3Packages.flit-core ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "bugz" ];
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/williamh/pybugz";
+    description = "Command line interface for Bugzilla";
+    mainProgram = "bugz";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bugz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bugz/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c44c9c5fdc73..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bugz/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage {
-  pname = "bugz-0.9.3";
-  version = "0.13";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "williamh";
-    repo = "pybugz";
-    rev = "0.13";
-    sha256 = "1nw07q7r078dp82rcrhvvnhmnaqjx6f8a6cdjgrsiy6fryrx9dwz";
-  };
-
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/williamh/pybugz";
-    description = "Command line interface for Bugzilla";
-    mainProgram = "bugz";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 0821a1968fc0..ab8695d46c7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   boto = throw "boto was removed as it is deprecated upstream, had not been updated since 2018, and failed to build; please use boto3 and botocore"; # Added 2024-09-22
   bsblan = python-bsblan; # added 2022-11-04
   btchip = btchip-python; # added 2023-03-03
+  bugz = throw "use pkgs.pybugz instead"; # added 2024-12-31
   bugzilla = python-bugzilla; # added 2024-10-17
   buildbot = throw "use pkgs.buildbot instead"; # added 2022-04-07
   buildbot-ui = throw "use pkgs.buildbot-ui instead"; # added 2022-04-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e767ce8fef73..094d52701692 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1952,8 +1952,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   bugwarrior = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bugwarrior { };
 
-  bugz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bugz { };
-
   buienradar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/buienradar { };
 
   build = callPackage ../development/python-modules/build { };