diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/live555/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/live555/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b08ed44f4854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/live555/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+{ lib
+, darwin
+, fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
+, openssl
+, stdenv
+, vlc
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "live555";
+  version = "2023.11.30";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    urls = [
+      "http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/live.${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz"
+      "https://src.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/files/src/live555/live.${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz"
+      "https://download.videolan.org/contrib/live555/live.${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz"
+      "mirror://sourceforge/slackbuildsdirectlinks/live.${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz"
+    ];
+    hash = "sha256-xue+9YtdAM2XkzAY6dU2PZ3n6bvPwlULIHqBqc8wuSU=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "cflags-when-darwin.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/rgaufman/live555/commit/16701af5486bb3a2d25a28edaab07789c8a9ce57.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-IDSdByBu/EBLsUTBe538rWsDwH61RJfAEhvT68Nb9rU=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    darwin.cctools
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    openssl
+  ];
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  # Since NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE does not differentiate C and C++ toolchains, we
+  # set CXXFLAGS directly
+  env.CXXFLAGS = "-std=c++20";
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace config.macosx-catalina \
+      --replace '/usr/lib/libssl.46.dylib' "${lib.getLib openssl}/lib/libssl.dylib" \
+      --replace '/usr/lib/libcrypto.44.dylib' "${lib.getLib openssl}/lib/libcrypto.dylib"
+    sed -i -e 's|/bin/rm|rm|g' genMakefiles
+    sed -i \
+      -e 's/$(INCLUDES) -I. -O2 -DSOCKLEN_T/$(INCLUDES) -I. -O2 -I. -fPIC -DRTSPCLIENT_SYNCHRONOUS_INTERFACE=1 -DSOCKLEN_T/g' \
+      config.linux
+  ''
+  # condition from icu/base.nix
+  + lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc"
+                        || stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "musl") ''
+    substituteInPlace liveMedia/include/Locale.hh \
+      --replace '<xlocale.h>' '<locale.h>'
+  '';
+
+  configurePhase = let
+    platform = if stdenv.isLinux
+               then "linux"
+               else if stdenv.isDarwin
+               then "macosx-catalina"
+               else throw "Unsupported platform: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
+  in ''
+    runHook preConfigure
+
+    ./genMakefiles ${platform}
+
+    runHook postConfigure
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  passthru.tests = {
+    # Downstream dependency
+    inherit vlc;
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/";
+    description = "Set of C++ libraries for multimedia streaming, using open standard protocols (RTP/RTCP, RTSP, SIP)";
+    changelog = "http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ lgpl21Plus ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/live555/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/live555/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 369e9ff825f7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/live555/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, darwin
-, openssl
-
-# major and only downstream dependency
-, vlc
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "live555";
-  version = "2023.05.10";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    urls = [
-      "http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/live.${version}.tar.gz"
-      "https://download.videolan.org/contrib/live555/live.${version}.tar.gz"
-      "mirror://sourceforge/slackbuildsdirectlinks/live.${version}.tar.gz"
-    ];
-    sha256 = "sha256-6ph9x4UYELkkJVIE9r25ycc5NOYbPcgAy9LRZebvGFY=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin darwin.cctools;
-
-  buildInputs = [ openssl ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace config.macosx-catalina \
-      --replace '/usr/lib/libssl.46.dylib' "${lib.getLib openssl}/lib/libssl.dylib" \
-      --replace '/usr/lib/libcrypto.44.dylib' "${lib.getLib openssl}/lib/libcrypto.dylib"
-    sed -i -e 's|/bin/rm|rm|g' genMakefiles
-    sed -i \
-      -e 's/$(INCLUDES) -I. -O2 -DSOCKLEN_T/$(INCLUDES) -I. -O2 -I. -fPIC -DRTSPCLIENT_SYNCHRONOUS_INTERFACE=1 -DSOCKLEN_T/g' \
-      config.linux
-  '' # condition from icu/base.nix
-    + lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc" || stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "musl") ''
-    substituteInPlace liveMedia/include/Locale.hh \
-      --replace '<xlocale.h>' '<locale.h>'
-  '';
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    runHook preConfigure
-
-    ./genMakefiles ${
-      if stdenv.isLinux then
-        "linux"
-      else if stdenv.isDarwin then
-        "macosx-catalina"
-      else
-        throw "Unsupported platform ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}"}
-
-    runHook postConfigure
-  '';
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "DESTDIR=${placeholder "out"}"
-    "PREFIX="
-  ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  passthru.tests = {
-    inherit vlc;
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/";
-    description = "Set of C++ libraries for multimedia streaming, using open standard protocols (RTP/RTCP, RTSP, SIP)";
-    changelog = "http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt";
-    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d32261e4b699..f5f1abc1c5c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23825,8 +23825,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   litehtml = callPackage ../development/libraries/litehtml { };
 
-  live555 = callPackage ../development/libraries/live555 { };
-
   llhttp = callPackage ../development/libraries/llhttp { };
 
   log4cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/log4cpp { };