diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/balance-workspace.nix b/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3-balance-workspace/package.nix
similarity index 83%
rename from pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/balance-workspace.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/i3/i3-balance-workspace/package.nix
index d372bb21c9b1..5654bbf9749b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/balance-workspace.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3-balance-workspace/package.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 {
   lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
+  python3Packages,
   fetchPypi,
-  i3ipc,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+python3Packages.buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "i3-balance-workspace";
   version = "1.8.6";
   format = "setuptools";
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-zJdn/Q6r60FQgfehtQfeDkmN0Rz3ZaqgNhiWvjyQFy0=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ i3ipc ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python3Packages.i3ipc ];
 
   doCheck = false; # project has no test
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "i3_balance_workspace" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 60b8aa3ed771..c9fafdf995ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9505,10 +9505,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sway-contrib = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ../applications/misc/sway-contrib { });
 
-  i3-balance-workspace =
-    python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/balance-workspace.nix
-      { };
-
   i3-cycle-focus = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/cycle-focus.nix { };
 
   i3-easyfocus = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/easyfocus.nix { };