diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mawk/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mawk/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..482d6940c7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mawk/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPackages,
+  directoryListingUpdater,
+  fetchurl,
+  stdenv,
+  testers,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "mawk";
+  version = "1.3.4-20240819";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    urls = [
+      "https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/mawk/mawk-${finalAttrs.version}.tgz"
+      "ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/mawk/mawk-${finalAttrs.version}.tgz"
+    ];
+    hash = "sha256-bh/ejuetilwVOCMWhj/WtMbSP6t4HdWrAXf/o+6arlw=";
+  };
+
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+      command = "mawk -W version";
+    };
+    updateScript = directoryListingUpdater {
+      inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
+      url = "https://invisible-island.net/archives/mawk/";
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://invisible-island.net/mawk/mawk.html";
+    changelog = "https://invisible-island.net/mawk/CHANGES";
+    description = "Interpreter for the AWK Programming Language";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+    mainProgram = "mawk";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ehmry ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mawk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/mawk/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 700b20c2178c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mawk/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, buildPackages }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "mawk";
-  version = "1.3.4-20240622";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    urls = [
-      "ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/mawk/mawk-${version}.tgz"
-      "https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/mawk/mawk-${version}.tgz"
-    ];
-    sha256 = "sha256-TpF+h6ep+692mVeEpLC13A3ZVLl30JgwMPePagexp2U=";
-  };
-
-  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Interpreter for the AWK Programming Language";
-    mainProgram = "mawk";
-    homepage = "https://invisible-island.net/mawk/mawk.html";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ehmry ];
-    platforms = with platforms; unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2730b1c47e84..9645c6d7550f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10211,8 +10211,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   mars-mips = callPackage ../development/tools/mars-mips { };
 
-  mawk = callPackage ../tools/text/mawk { };
-
   mb2md = callPackage ../tools/text/mb2md { };
 
   mbuffer = callPackage ../tools/misc/mbuffer { };