diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xo/xonsh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xo/xonsh/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1882a3096635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xo/xonsh/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib
+, callPackage
+, extraPackages ? (ps: [ ])
+, runCommand
+}:
+
+let
+  xonsh-unwrapped = callPackage ./unwrapped.nix { };
+  inherit (xonsh-unwrapped.passthru) python;
+
+  pythonEnv = python.withPackages (ps: [
+    (ps.toPythonModule xonsh-unwrapped)
+  ] ++ extraPackages ps);
+in
+runCommand "xonsh-${xonsh-unwrapped.version}"
+{
+  inherit (xonsh-unwrapped) pname version meta passthru;
+} ''
+  mkdir -p $out/bin
+  for bin in ${lib.getBin xonsh-unwrapped}/bin/*; do
+    ln -s ${pythonEnv}/bin/$(basename "$bin") $out/bin/
+  done
+''
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/xonsh/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xo/xonsh/unwrapped.nix
similarity index 74%
rename from pkgs/shells/xonsh/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/xo/xonsh/unwrapped.nix
index 67896d83632d..fcc46c5b6770 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/xonsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xo/xonsh/unwrapped.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,40 @@
 { lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, python3
-, glibcLocales
 , coreutils
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , git
+, gitUpdater
+, glibcLocales
+, python3
 }:
 
-python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+let
   pname = "xonsh";
-  version = "0.14.0";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  version = "0.14.4";
+in
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
+  inherit pname version;
+
+  pyproject = true;
 
   # fetch from github because the pypi package ships incomplete tests
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "xonsh";
     repo = "xonsh";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ZrPKKa/vl06QAjGr16ZzKF/DAByFHr6ze2WVOCa+wf8=";
+    hash = "sha256-7qOEc4RSdOO059LietKnrxY7cy9MfgmfJjdqZZ5ENLU=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    ply
+    prompt-toolkit
+    pygments
+  ];
+
   env.LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -32,11 +48,6 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     patchShebangs .
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-    setuptools
-    wheel
-  ];
-
   disabledTests = [
     # fails on sandbox
     "test_colorize_file"
@@ -64,25 +75,32 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     "tests/completers/test_bash_completer.py"
   ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    git
+    glibcLocales
+  ] ++ (with python3.pkgs; [
+    pip
+    pyte
+    pytest-mock
+    pytest-subprocess
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ]);
+
   preCheck = ''
-    HOME=$TMPDIR
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
   '';
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ glibcLocales git ] ++
-    (with python3.pkgs; [ pip pyte pytestCheckHook pytest-mock pytest-subprocess ]);
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [ ply prompt-toolkit pygments ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Python-ish, BASHwards-compatible shell";
-    homepage = "https://xon.sh/";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/raw/${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
-  };
-
   passthru = {
     shellPath = "/bin/xonsh";
-    python = python3;
+    python = python3; # To the wrapper
+    updateScript = gitUpdater { };
+  };
+
+  meta =  {
+    homepage = "https://xon.sh/";
+    description = "A Python-ish, BASHwards-compatible shell";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/raw/${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/xonsh/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/shells/xonsh/wrapper.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7868404ca5fb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/shells/xonsh/wrapper.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ runCommand
-, xonsh-unwrapped
-, lib
-, extraPackages ? (ps: [ ])
-}:
-
-let
-  xonsh = xonsh-unwrapped;
-  inherit (xonsh.passthru) python;
-
-  pythonEnv = python.withPackages (ps: [
-    (ps.toPythonModule xonsh)
-  ] ++ extraPackages ps);
-
-in
-runCommand "${xonsh.pname}-${xonsh.version}"
-{
-  inherit (xonsh) pname version meta passthru;
-} ''
-  mkdir -p $out/bin
-  for bin in ${lib.getBin xonsh}/bin/*; do
-    ln -s ${pythonEnv}/bin/$(basename "$bin") $out/bin/
-  done
-''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b62a6c88843e..5ac799db2ade 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1149,6 +1149,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   xdg_utils = xdg-utils; # Added 2021-02-01
   xineLib = xine-lib; # Added 2021-04-27
   xineUI = xine-ui; # Added 2021-04-27
+  xonsh-unwrapped = throw "'xonsh-unwrapped' was incorporated into xonsh code; call xonsh directly instead."; # Added 2024-01-20
   xtrt = throw "xtrt has been removed due to being abandoned"; # Added 2023-05-25
   xulrunner = firefox-unwrapped; # Added 2023-11-03
   xvfb_run = xvfb-run; # Added 2021-05-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 929c8a1108b7..ad7acee23b37 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15394,9 +15394,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rush = callPackage ../shells/rush { };
 
-  xonsh = callPackage ../shells/xonsh/wrapper.nix { };
-  xonsh-unwrapped = callPackage ../shells/xonsh { };
-
   zsh = callPackage ../shells/zsh { };
 
   nix-zsh-completions = callPackage ../shells/zsh/nix-zsh-completions { };