diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sr/srb2kart/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sr/srb2kart/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9601d99263ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sr/srb2kart/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchzip
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, curl
+, nasm
+, game-music-emu
+, libpng
+, SDL2
+, SDL2_mixer
+, zlib
+, makeWrapper
+, makeDesktopItem
+, copyDesktopItems
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "srb2kart";
+  version = "1.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "STJr";
+    repo = "Kart-Public";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-5sIHdeenWZjczyYM2q+F8Y1SyLqL+y77yxYDUM3dVA0=";
+  };
+
+  assets = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "srb2kart-data";
+    version = finalAttrs.version;
+
+    src = fetchzip {
+      url = "https://github.com/STJr/Kart-Public/releases/download/v${finalAttrs.version}/AssetsLinuxOnly.zip";
+      hash = "sha256-yaVdsQUnyobjSbmemeBEyu35GeZCX1ylTRcjcbDuIu4=";
+      stripRoot = false;
+    };
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
+
+      mkdir -p $out/share/srb2kart
+      cp -r * $out/share/srb2kart
+
+      runHook postInstall
+    '';
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    nasm
+    makeWrapper
+    copyDesktopItems
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    curl
+    game-music-emu
+    libpng
+    SDL2
+    SDL2_mixer
+    zlib
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DSRB2_ASSET_DIRECTORY=${finalAttrs.assets}/share/srb2kart"
+    "-DGME_INCLUDE_DIR=${game-music-emu}/include"
+    "-DSDL2_MIXER_INCLUDE_DIR=${lib.getDev SDL2_mixer}/include/SDL2"
+    "-DSDL2_INCLUDE_DIR=${lib.getDev SDL2}/include/SDL2"
+  ];
+
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem rec {
+      name = "Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart";
+      exec = finalAttrs.pname;
+      icon = finalAttrs.pname;
+      comment = "Kart racing mod based on SRB2";
+      desktopName = name;
+      genericName = name;
+      startupWMClass = ".srb2kart-wrapped";
+      categories = [ "Game" ];
+    })
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm644 ../srb2.png $out/share/pixmaps/srb2kart.png
+    install -Dm644 ../srb2.png $out/share/icons/srb2kart.png
+    install -Dm755 bin/srb2kart $out/bin/srb2kart
+
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/srb2kart \
+      --set SRB2WADDIR "${finalAttrs.assets}/share/srb2kart"
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "SRB2Kart is a classic styled kart racer";
+    homepage = "https://mb.srb2.org/threads/srb2kart.25868/";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ viric donovanglover ];
+    mainProgram = "srb2kart";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/games/srb2kart/default.nix b/pkgs/games/srb2kart/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 441ffd284a0d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/srb2kart/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, substituteAll
-, cmake
-, curl
-, nasm
-, unzip
-, game-music-emu
-, libpng
-, SDL2
-, SDL2_mixer
-, zlib
-}:
-
-let
-
-  release_tag = "v1.6";
-
-  assets = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/STJr/Kart-Public/releases/download/${release_tag}/AssetsLinuxOnly.zip";
-    sha256 = "sha256-ejhPuZ1C8M9B0S4+2HN1T5pbormT1eVL3nlivqOszdE=";
-  };
-
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "srb2kart";
-  version = "1.6.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "STJr";
-    repo = "Kart-Public";
-    rev = release_tag;
-    sha256 = "sha256-5sIHdeenWZjczyYM2q+F8Y1SyLqL+y77yxYDUM3dVA0=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    nasm
-    unzip
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    curl
-    game-music-emu
-    libpng
-    SDL2
-    SDL2_mixer
-    zlib
-  ];
-
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DGME_INCLUDE_DIR=${game-music-emu}/include"
-    "-DSDL2_MIXER_INCLUDE_DIR=${lib.getDev SDL2_mixer}/include/SDL2"
-    "-DSDL2_INCLUDE_DIR=${lib.getDev SDL2}/include/SDL2"
-  ];
-
-  patches = [
-    ./wadlocation.patch
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/sdl/i_system.c \
-        --replace '@wadlocation@' $out
-  '';
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    mkdir assets/installer
-    pushd assets/installer
-    unzip ${assets} "*.kart" srb2.srb
-    popd
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/games/SRB2Kart
-    mv $out/srb2kart* $out/bin/
-    mv $out/*.kart $out/share/games/SRB2Kart
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "SRB2Kart is a classic styled kart racer";
-    homepage = "https://mb.srb2.org/threads/srb2kart.25868/";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ viric ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/games/srb2kart/wadlocation.patch b/pkgs/games/srb2kart/wadlocation.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1923cda041d2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/srb2kart/wadlocation.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/sdl/i_system.c b/src/sdl/i_system.c
-index 51f708d0..c4d971f7 100644
---- a/src/sdl/i_system.c
-+++ b/src/sdl/i_system.c
-@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ typedef LPVOID (WINAPI *p_MapViewOfFile) (HANDLE, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, SIZE_T);
- 
- // Locations for searching the srb2.srb
- #if defined (__unix__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined (UNIXCOMMON)
--#define DEFAULTWADLOCATION1 "/usr/local/share/games/SRB2Kart"
-+#define DEFAULTWADLOCATION1 "@wadlocation@"
- #define DEFAULTWADLOCATION2 "/usr/local/games/SRB2Kart"
- #define DEFAULTWADLOCATION3 "/usr/share/games/SRB2Kart"
- #define DEFAULTWADLOCATION4 "/usr/games/SRB2Kart"
-@@ -3646,47 +3646,6 @@ static const char *locateWad(void)
- 	if (((envstr = I_GetEnv("SRB2WADDIR")) != NULL) && isWadPathOk(envstr))
- 		return envstr;
- 
--#ifndef NOCWD
--	I_OutputMsg(",.");
--	// examine current dir
--	strcpy(returnWadPath, ".");
--	if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
--		return NULL;
--#endif
--
--
--#ifdef DEFAULTDIR
--	I_OutputMsg(",HOME/" DEFAULTDIR);
--	// examine user jart directory
--	if ((envstr = I_GetEnv("HOME")) != NULL)
--	{
--		sprintf(returnWadPath, "%s" PATHSEP DEFAULTDIR, envstr);
--		if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
--			return returnWadPath;
--	}
--#endif
--
--
--#ifdef CMAKECONFIG
--#ifndef NDEBUG
--	I_OutputMsg(","CMAKE_ASSETS_DIR);
--	strcpy(returnWadPath, CMAKE_ASSETS_DIR);
--	if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
--	{
--		return returnWadPath;
--	}
--#endif
--#endif
--
--#ifdef __APPLE__
--	OSX_GetResourcesPath(returnWadPath);
--	I_OutputMsg(",%s", returnWadPath);
--	if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
--	{
--		return returnWadPath;
--	}
--#endif
--
- 	// examine default dirs
- #ifdef DEFAULTWADLOCATION1
- 	I_OutputMsg(","DEFAULTWADLOCATION1);
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 583c03370fb0..f80e10968bb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -37833,8 +37833,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   srb2 = callPackage ../games/srb2 { };
 
-  srb2kart = callPackage ../games/srb2kart { };
-
   ssl-cert-check = callPackage ../tools/admin/ssl-cert-check { };
 
   stardust = callPackage ../games/stardust { };