diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 520781f67cfc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  makeWrapper,
-
-  autoreconfHook,
-  pkg-config,
-
-  waylandSupport ? true,
-  x11Support ? true,
-
-  cairo,
-  glib,
-  libnotify,
-  rofi-unwrapped,
-  wl-clipboard,
-  xclip,
-  xdotool,
-  wtype,
-}:
-
-import ./versions.nix (
-  {
-    version,
-    hash,
-    patches,
-  }:
-  stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-    pname = "rofi-emoji";
-    inherit version;
-
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "Mange";
-      repo = "rofi-emoji";
-      rev = "v${version}";
-      inherit hash;
-    };
-
-    inherit patches;
-
-    postPatch = ''
-      patchShebangs clipboard-adapter.sh
-    '';
-
-    postFixup = ''
-      chmod +x $out/share/rofi-emoji/clipboard-adapter.sh
-      wrapProgram $out/share/rofi-emoji/clipboard-adapter.sh \
-       --prefix PATH ":" ${
-         lib.makeBinPath (
-           [ libnotify ]
-           ++ lib.optionals waylandSupport [
-             wl-clipboard
-             wtype
-           ]
-           ++ lib.optionals x11Support [
-             xclip
-             xdotool
-           ]
-         )
-       }
-    '';
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [
-      autoreconfHook
-      pkg-config
-      makeWrapper
-    ];
-
-    buildInputs = [
-      cairo
-      glib
-      libnotify
-      rofi-unwrapped
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals waylandSupport [
-      wl-clipboard
-      wtype
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals x11Support [ xclip ];
-
-    meta = with lib; {
-      description = "Emoji selector plugin for Rofi";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/Mange/rofi-emoji";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [
-        cole-h
-        Mange
-      ];
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-    };
-  }
-)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/versions.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/versions.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 20b79d584634..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/versions.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-generic: {
-  v4 = generic {
-    version = "4.0.0";
-    hash = "sha256-864Mohxfc3EchBKtSNifxy8g8T8YBUQ/H7+8Ti6TiFo=";
-    patches = [
-      # Look for plugin-related files in $out/lib/rofi
-      ./0001-Patch-plugindir-to-output.patch
-    ];
-  };
-  v3 = generic {
-    version = "3.4.1";
-    hash = "sha256-ZHhgYytPB14zj2MS8kChRD+LTqXzHRrz7YIikuQD6i0=";
-    patches = [
-      # Look for plugin-related files in $out/lib/rofi
-      ./0001-Patch-plugindir-to-output.patch
-    ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/0001-Patch-plugindir-to-output.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ro/rofi-emoji/0001-Patch-plugindir-to-output.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/misc/rofi-emoji/0001-Patch-plugindir-to-output.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/ro/rofi-emoji/0001-Patch-plugindir-to-output.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ro/rofi-emoji/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/rofi-emoji/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07432f337d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ro/rofi-emoji/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  makeWrapper,
+
+  autoreconfHook,
+  pkg-config,
+
+  cairo,
+  glib,
+  libnotify,
+  rofi-unwrapped,
+
+  x11Support ? true,
+  xclip,
+  xdotool,
+
+  waylandSupport ? true,
+  wl-clipboard,
+  wtype,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (final: {
+  pname = "rofi-emoji";
+  version = "4.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Mange";
+    repo = "rofi-emoji";
+    rev = "v${final.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-864Mohxfc3EchBKtSNifxy8g8T8YBUQ/H7+8Ti6TiFo=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Look for plugin-related files in $out/lib/rofi
+    ./0001-Patch-plugindir-to-output.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs --host clipboard-adapter.sh
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    chmod +x $out/share/rofi-emoji/clipboard-adapter.sh
+    wrapProgram $out/share/rofi-emoji/clipboard-adapter.sh \
+     --prefix PATH ":" ${
+       lib.makeBinPath (
+         [
+           libnotify
+         ]
+         ++ lib.optionals waylandSupport [
+           wl-clipboard
+           wtype
+         ]
+         ++ lib.optionals x11Support [
+           xclip
+           xdotool
+         ]
+       )
+     }
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    pkg-config
+    makeWrapper
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cairo
+    glib
+    rofi-unwrapped
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Emoji selector plugin for Rofi";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Mange/rofi-emoji";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      cole-h
+      Mange
+    ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4e0df15c2457..a4aac3ea1ac4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11837,8 +11837,6 @@ with pkgs;
     withConplay = false;
   };
 
-  rofi-emoji = (callPackage ../applications/misc/rofi-emoji { }).v3;
-
   # a somewhat more maintained fork of ympd
   memento = qt6Packages.callPackage ../applications/video/memento { };