diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/av/avahi-compat/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/av/avahi-compat/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..063e403381e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/av/avahi-compat/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  avahi,
+  ...
+}@args:
+
+avahi.override (
+  {
+    withLibdnssdCompat = true;
+  }
+  // removeAttrs args [ "avahi" ]
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 575126104961..2c5c22602d0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1554,10 +1554,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   apprise = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication apprise;
 
-  avahi-compat = callPackage ../by-name/av/avahi/package.nix {
-    withLibdnssdCompat = true;
-  };
-
   babelfish = callPackage ../shells/fish/babelfish.nix { };
 
   bat-extras = recurseIntoAttrs (lib.makeScope newScope (import ../tools/misc/bat-extras));