diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
index 7eafa6a9bef8..15ffbc09aff9 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   `services.dnsmasq.extraConfig` will be deprecated when NixOS 22.11 reaches
   end of life.
 
+- `kube3d` has now been renamed to `k3d` since the 3d editor that originally took that name has been dropped from nixpkgs. `kube3d` will continue to work as an alias for now.
+
 - The `dokuwiki` service is now configured via `services.dokuwiki.sites.<name>.settings` attribute set; `extraConfig` has been removed.
   The `{aclUse,superUser,disableActions}` attributes have been renamed accordingly. `pluginsConfig` now only accepts an attribute set of booleans.
   Passing plain PHP is no longer possible.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3d/default.nix
similarity index 92%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3d/default.nix
index 395010dd4c9a..473a12c4de00 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kube3d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3d/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ let
       false;
 in
 buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "kube3d";
+  pname = "k3d";
   version = "5.4.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   excludedPackages = [ "tools" "docgen" ];
 
   ldflags =
-    let t = "github.com/k3d-io/k3d/v5/version"; in
+    let t = "github.com/k3d-io/k3d/v${lib.versions.major version}/version"; in
     [ "-s" "-w" "-X ${t}.Version=v${version}" ] ++ lib.optionals k3sVersionSet [ "-X ${t}.K3sVersion=v${k3sVersion}" ];
 
-   preCheck = ''
+  preCheck = ''
     # skip test that uses networking
     substituteInPlace version/version_test.go \
       --replace "TestGetK3sVersion" "SkipGetK3sVersion"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "A helper to run k3s (Lightweight Kubernetes. 5 less than k8s) in a docker container - k3d";
+    description = "A helper to run k3s (Lightweight Kubernetes. 5 less than k8s) in a docker container";
     longDescription = ''
       k3s is the lightweight Kubernetes distribution by Rancher: rancher/k3s
 
@@ -67,6 +67,5 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kuznero jlesquembre ngerstle jk ricochet ];
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-    mainProgram = "k3d";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 65494772797f..76236044d69c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -769,7 +769,9 @@ mapAliases ({
 
   ### K ###
 
-  k3d = throw "k3d has been removed because it was broken and has seen no release since 2016"; # Added 2022-01-04
+  # k3d was a 3d editing software k-3d - "k3d has been removed because it was broken and has seen no release since 2016" Added 2022-01-04
+  # now kube3d/k3d will take it's place
+  kube3d = k3d; # Added 2022-0705
   k9copy = throw "k9copy has been removed from nixpkgs, as there is no upstream activity"; # Added 2020-11-06
   kafkacat = kcat; # Added 2021-10-07
   kbdKeymaps = throw "kbdKeymaps is not needed anymore since dvp and neo are now part of kbd"; # Added 2021-04-11
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8ccb4208eb59..42e17665a126 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -40106,7 +40106,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dapper = callPackage ../development/tools/dapper { };
 
-  kube3d =  callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/kube3d {
+  k3d = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/k3d {
     buildGoModule = buildGo118Module; # tests fail with 1.19
   };