diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libxp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libxp/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..076b7ddb5510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libxp/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# TODO: remove this deprecated package
+# X.Org removed support for the Xprt server from the xorg-server releases in the 1.6.0 release in
+# 2009, and the standalone git repo it was moved to has been unmaintained since 2009, making it
+# difficult to actually use this library.
+# Some packages in nixpkgs still somehow depend on it tho.
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  pkg-config,
+  xorgproto,
+  libx11,
+  libxau,
+  libxext,
+  writeScript,
+  testers,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "libxp";
+  version = "1.0.4";
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "dev"
+  ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXp-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-HxnjuOgqNKj9mImn2a8KvoWIywP7V8N8VpY0zzud8aQ=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    xorgproto
+    libx11
+    libxau
+    libxext
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ xorgproto ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = writeScript "update-${finalAttrs.pname}" ''
+      #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+      #!nix-shell -i bash -p common-updater-scripts
+      version="$(list-directory-versions --pname libXp \
+        --url https://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/ \
+        | sort -V | tail -n1)"
+      update-source-version ${finalAttrs.pname} "$version"
+    '';
+    tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "X Print Client Library";
+    longDescription = ''
+      This library provides support for X11 clients to print via the X Print Extension, as
+      previously implemented in the Xprt server.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxp";
+    license = lib.licenses.x11;
+    maintainers = [ ];
+    pkgConfigModules = [ "xp" ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
index 8d98269160a1..05a46b3329f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
   libxft,
   libxi,
   libxmu,
+  libxp,
   libxpm,
   libxrandr,
   libxrender,
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ self: with self; {
   libXft = libxft;
   libXi = libxi;
   libXmu = libxmu;
+  libXp = libxp;
   libXpm = libxpm;
   libXrandr = libxrandr;
   libXrender = libxrender;
@@ -1051,46 +1053,6 @@ self: with self; {
     })
   ) { };
 
-  # THIS IS A GENERATED FILE.  DO NOT EDIT!
-  libXp = callPackage (
-    {
-      stdenv,
-      pkg-config,
-      fetchurl,
-      xorgproto,
-      libX11,
-      libXau,
-      libXext,
-      testers,
-    }:
-    stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-      pname = "libXp";
-      version = "1.0.4";
-      builder = ./builder.sh;
-      src = fetchurl {
-        url = "mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXp-1.0.4.tar.xz";
-        sha256 = "197iklxwyd4naryc6mzv0g5qi1dy1apxk9w9k3yshd1ax2wf668z";
-      };
-      hardeningDisable = [
-        "bindnow"
-        "relro"
-      ];
-      strictDeps = true;
-      nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-      buildInputs = [
-        xorgproto
-        libX11
-        libXau
-        libXext
-      ];
-      passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
-      meta = {
-        pkgConfigModules = [ "xp" ];
-        platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-      };
-    })
-  ) { };
-
   # THIS IS A GENERATED FILE.  DO NOT EDIT!
   libXpresent = callPackage (
     {
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/generate-expr-from-tarballs.pl b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/generate-expr-from-tarballs.pl
index 0eed02f53618..0e3d2e3123c3 100755
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/generate-expr-from-tarballs.pl
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/generate-expr-from-tarballs.pl
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ $pcMap{"xft"} = "libXft";
 $pcMap{"xi"} = "libXi";
 $pcMap{"xmu"} = "libXmu";
 $pcMap{"xmuu"} = "libXmu";
+$pcMap{"xp"} = "libXp";
 $pcMap{"xpm"} = "libXpm";
 $pcMap{"xrandr"} = "libXrandr";
 $pcMap{"xrender"} = "libXrender";
@@ -386,6 +387,7 @@ print OUT <<EOF;
   libxft,
   libxi,
   libxmu,
+  libxp,
   libxpm,
   libxrandr,
   libxrender,
@@ -552,6 +554,7 @@ self: with self; {
   libXft = libxft;
   libXi = libxi;
   libXmu = libxmu;
+  libXp = libxp;
   libXpm = libxpm;
   libXrandr = libxrandr;
   libXrender = libxrender;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 717a4d81f91a..55330fbc087f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -205,13 +205,6 @@ self: super:
     configureFlags = attrs.configureFlags or [ ] ++ malloc0ReturnsNullCrossFlag;
   });
 
-  libXp = super.libXp.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
-    outputs = [
-      "out"
-      "dev"
-    ];
-  });
-
   libXpresent = super.libXpresent.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
     buildInputs = attrs.buildInputs ++ [
       xorg.libXext
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
index 273dacebc710..b1d1981dbe40 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ mirror://xorg/individual/font/font-misc-misc-1.1.3.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libWindowsWM-1.0.1.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXinerama-1.1.5.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libxkbfile-1.1.3.tar.xz
-mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXp-1.0.4.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXpresent-1.0.2.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXres-1.2.3.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXScrnSaver-1.2.5.tar.xz