diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/h5/h5utils/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/h5/h5utils/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c93a3f2a407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/h5/h5utils/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  lib,
+  hdf5,
+  libpng,
+  libjpeg,
+  hdf4 ? null,
+  libmatheval ? null,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  version = "1.13.2";
+  pname = "h5utils";
+
+  # fetchurl is used instead of fetchFromGitHub because the git repo version requires
+  # additional tools to build compared to the tarball release; see the README for details.
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/stevengj/h5utils/releases/download/${finalAttrs.version}/h5utils-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-7qeFWoI1+st8RU5hEDCY5VZY2g3fS23luCqZLl8CQ1E=";
+  };
+
+  # libdf is an alternative name for libhdf (hdf4)
+  preConfigure = lib.optionalString (hdf4 != null) ''
+    substituteInPlace configure \
+    --replace "-ldf" "-lhdf" \
+  '';
+
+  preBuild = lib.optionalString hdf5.mpiSupport "export CC=${lib.getBin hdf5.mpi}/mpicc";
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      hdf5
+      libjpeg
+      libpng
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optional hdf5.mpiSupport hdf5.mpi
+    ++ lib.optional (hdf4 != null) hdf4
+    ++ lib.optional (libmatheval != null) libmatheval;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Set of utilities for visualization and conversion of scientific data in the free, portable HDF5 format";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/stevengj/h5utils";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/NanoComp/h5utils/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
+      mit
+      gpl2Plus
+    ];
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sfrijters ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/h5utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/h5utils/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 90f9b48dd118..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/h5utils/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib
-, hdf5, libpng, libjpeg
-, hdf4 ? null
-, libmatheval ? null
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.13.2";
-  pname = "h5utils";
-
-  # fetchurl is used instead of fetchFromGitHub because the git repo version requires
-  # additional tools to build compared to the tarball release; see the README for details.
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/stevengj/h5utils/releases/download/${version}/h5utils-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-7qeFWoI1+st8RU5hEDCY5VZY2g3fS23luCqZLl8CQ1E=";
-  };
-
-  # libdf is an alternative name for libhdf (hdf4)
-  preConfigure = lib.optionalString (hdf4 != null)
-  ''
-    substituteInPlace configure \
-    --replace "-ldf" "-lhdf" \
-  '';
-
-  preBuild = lib.optionalString hdf5.mpiSupport "export CC=${hdf5.mpi}/bin/mpicc";
-
-  buildInputs = with lib; [ hdf5 libjpeg libpng ] ++ optional hdf5.mpiSupport hdf5.mpi
-    ++ optional (hdf4 != null) hdf4
-    ++ optional (libmatheval != null) libmatheval;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Set of utilities for visualization and conversion of scientific data in the free, portable HDF5 format";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/stevengj/h5utils";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/NanoComp/h5utils/releases/tag/${version}";
-    license = with licenses; [ mit gpl2Plus ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sfrijters ];
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6dcc91394192..384d75d0214a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8709,11 +8709,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   h2 = callPackage ../servers/h2 { };
 
-  h5utils = callPackage ../tools/misc/h5utils {
-    libmatheval = null;
-    hdf4 = null;
-  };
-
   haproxy = callPackage ../tools/networking/haproxy { };
 
   hackertyper = callPackage ../tools/misc/hackertyper { };