diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/xemu/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xe/xemu/package.nix
similarity index 80%
rename from pkgs/applications/emulators/xemu/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/xe/xemu/package.nix
index 08cac956b5a1..7fc390049cb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/xemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xe/xemu/package.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 { lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , SDL2
 , SDL2_image
 , copyDesktopItems
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , gettext
 , glib
 , gtk3
@@ -20,7 +19,8 @@
 , openssl
 , perl
 , pkg-config
-, python3
+, python3Packages
+, stdenv
 , vte
 , which
 , wrapGAppsHook
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     owner = "xemu-project";
     repo = "xemu";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-FFxYp53LLDOPZ1Inr70oyQXhNjJO23G+gNmXd/lvrYs=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
+    hash = "sha256-FFxYp53LLDOPZ1Inr70oyQXhNjJO23G+gNmXd/lvrYs=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ninja
     perl
     pkg-config
-    python3
-    python3.pkgs.pyyaml
     which
     wrapGAppsHook
-  ];
+  ] ++ (with python3Packages; [
+    python
+    pyyaml
+  ]);
 
   buildInputs = [
     SDL2
@@ -91,13 +92,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     })
   ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
+  postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs .
-    configureFlagsArray+=("--extra-cflags=-DXBOX=1 -Wno-error=redundant-decls")
     substituteInPlace ./scripts/xemu-version.sh \
       --replace 'date -u' "date -d @$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'"
-    # When the data below can't be obtained through git, the build process tries
-    # to run `XEMU_COMMIT=$(cat XEMU_COMMIT)` (and similar)
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    configureFlagsArray+=("--extra-cflags=-DXBOX=1 -Wno-error=redundant-decls")
+  '' +
+  # When the data below can't be obtained through git, the build process tries
+  # to run `XEMU_COMMIT=$(cat XEMU_COMMIT)` (and similar)
+  ''
     echo '${finalAttrs.version}' > XEMU_VERSION
   '';
 
@@ -106,18 +112,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     substituteInPlace ./build.ninja --replace /usr/bin/env $(which env)
   '';
 
-  installPhase = ''
+  installPhase = let
+    installIcon = resolution: ''
+      install -Dm644 -T ../ui/icons/xemu_${resolution}.png \
+        $out/share/icons/hicolor/${resolution}/apps/xemu.png
+    '';
+  in ''
     runHook preInstall
 
     install -Dm755 -T qemu-system-i386 $out/bin/xemu
   '' +
-  # Generate code to install the icons
-  (lib.concatMapStringsSep ";\n"
-    (res:
-      "install -Dm644 -T ../ui/icons/xemu_${res}.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/${res}/apps/xemu.png")
-    [ "16x16" "24x24" "32x32" "48x48" "128x128" "256x256" "512x512" ]) +
+  (lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" installIcon
+    [ "16x16" "24x24" "32x32" "48x48" "128x128" "256x256" "512x512" ]) + "\n" +
   ''
-
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
@@ -131,8 +138,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     '';
     changelog = "https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres genericnerdyusername ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "xemu";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b671416fb7c1..0f7c71c3f40f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2834,8 +2834,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xcpc = callPackage ../applications/emulators/xcpc { };
 
-  xemu = callPackage ../applications/emulators/xemu { };
-
   yapesdl = callPackage ../applications/emulators/yapesdl { };
 
   zsnes = pkgsi686Linux.callPackage ../applications/emulators/zsnes { };