diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ad/adafruit-nrfutil/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ad/adafruit-nrfutil/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64dc160ff1fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ad/adafruit-nrfutil/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib
+, python3Packages
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "adafruit-nrfutil";
+  version = "0.5.3.post17";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "adafruit";
+    repo = "Adafruit_nRF52_nrfutil";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-mHHKOQE9AGBX8RAyaPOy+JS3fTs98+AFdq9qsVy7go4=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    click
+    ecdsa
+    pyserial
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    behave
+    nose
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    mkdir test-reports
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "nordicsemi"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_nRF52_nrfutil";
+    description = "Modified version of Nordic's nrfutil 0.5.x for use with the Adafruit Feather nRF52";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ stargate01 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/adafruit-nrfutil/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/adafruit-nrfutil/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0197bf21927f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/adafruit-nrfutil/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
-, pythonOlder
-, pyserial
-, click
-, ecdsa
-, behave
-, nose
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "adafruit-nrfutil";
-  version = "1";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "adafruit";
-    repo = "Adafruit_nRF52_nrfutil";
-    rev = "refs/tags/appveyor-test-release-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-wsspDg8XwEtJwJye6Z3TXaIN1TcfI7gYDah3L/xiiLo=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Pull a patch which fixes the tests, but is not yet released in a new version:
-    # https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_nRF52_nrfutil/pull/38
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-tests.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_nRF52_nrfutil/commit/e5fbcc8ee5958041db38c04139ba686bf7d1b845.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-0tbJldGtYcDdUzA3wZRv0lenXVn6dqV016U9nMpQ6/w=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pyserial
-    click
-    ecdsa
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    behave
-    nose
-  ];
-
-  preCheck = ''
-    mkdir test-reports
-  '';
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "nordicsemi"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_nRF52_nrfutil";
-    description = "Modified version of Nordic's nrfutil 0.5.x for use with the Adafruit Feather nRF52";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ stargate01 ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 6f105d0fcccf..c6514dbdc63c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ in
 mapAliases ({
   abodepy = jaraco-abode; # added 2023-02-01
   acebinf = throw "acebinf has been removed because it is abandoned and broken."; # Added 2023-05-19
+  adafruit-nrfutil = throw "adafruit-nrfutil has been promoted to a top-level attribute."; # Added 2023-11-19
   aioh2 = throw "aioh2 has been removed because it is abandoned and broken."; # Added 2022-03-30
   aionotify = throw "aionotify has been removed because is unmaintained and incompatible with python3.11."; # Added 2023-10-27
   aiosenseme = throw "aiosenseme has been removed, because it does no longer work with the latest firmware and has become unmaintained"; # Added 2023-07-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4b29edee0ec6..a612e6b98524 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   adafruit-io = callPackage ../development/python-modules/adafruit-io { };
 
-  adafruit-nrfutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/adafruit-nrfutil { };
-
   adafruit-platformdetect = callPackage ../development/python-modules/adafruit-platformdetect { };
 
   adafruit-pureio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/adafruit-pureio { };