diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/un/unifi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/un/unifi/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..14ff55384314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/un/unifi/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  dpkg,
+  fetchurl,
+  nixosTests,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "unifi-controller";
+  version = "8.6.9";
+
+  # see https://community.ui.com/releases / https://www.ui.com/download/unifi
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://dl.ui.com/unifi/${version}/unifi_sysvinit_all.deb";
+    sha256 = "sha256-004ZJEoj23FyFEBznqrpPzQ9E6DYpD7gBxa3ewSunIo=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg ];
+
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    runHook preUnpack
+    dpkg-deb -x $src ./
+    runHook postUnpack
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out
+    cd ./usr/lib/unifi
+    cp -ar dl lib webapps $out
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  passthru.tests = {
+    unifi = nixosTests.unifi;
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "http://www.ubnt.com/";
+    description = "Controller for Ubiquiti UniFi access points";
+    sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
+    license = licenses.unfree;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      globin
+      patryk27
+    ];
+    knownVulnerabilities = [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/unifi/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/unifi/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4875e072ca82..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/unifi/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, dpkg, fetchurl, zip, nixosTests }:
-
-let
-  generic = { version, sha256, suffix ? "", knownVulnerabilities ? [ ], ... } @ args:
-  stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
-    pname = "unifi-controller";
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://dl.ubnt.com/unifi/${version}${suffix}/unifi_sysvinit_all.deb";
-      inherit sha256;
-    };
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg ];
-
-    unpackPhase = ''
-      runHook preUnpack
-      dpkg-deb -x $src ./
-      runHook postUnpack
-    '';
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      runHook preInstall
-
-      mkdir -p $out
-      cd ./usr/lib/unifi
-      cp -ar dl lib webapps $out
-
-      runHook postInstall
-    '';
-
-    passthru.tests = {
-      unifi = nixosTests.unifi;
-    };
-
-    meta = with lib; {
-      homepage = "http://www.ubnt.com/";
-      description = "Controller for Ubiquiti UniFi access points";
-      sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
-      license = licenses.unfree;
-      platforms = platforms.unix;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin patryk27 ];
-      inherit knownVulnerabilities;
-    };
-  });
-
-in rec {
-  # see https://community.ui.com/releases / https://www.ui.com/download/unifi
-
-  unifi8 = generic {
-    version = "8.5.6";
-    suffix = "-1x29lm155t";
-    sha256 = "sha256-ZpCoE8OPb3FcKzf7Nurf9q+g2BpbjZcp1LvWOsV/tpA=";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index bd21afa0c2d0..d84b67f44d01 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1250,6 +1250,7 @@ mapAliases {
   unifi5 = throw "'unifi5' has been removed since its required MongoDB version is EOL."; # Added 2024-04-11
   unifi6 = throw "'unifi6' has been removed since its required MongoDB version is EOL."; # Added 2024-04-11
   unifi7 = throw "'unifi7' has been removed since it is vulnerable to CVE-2024-42025 and its required MongoDB version is EOL."; # Added 2024-10-01
+  unifi8 = unifi; # Added 2024-11-15
   unifiLTS = throw "'unifiLTS' has been removed since UniFi no longer has LTS and stable releases. Use `pkgs.unifi` instead."; # Added 2024-04-11
   unifiStable = throw "'unifiStable' has been removed since UniFi no longer has LTS and stable releases. Use `pkgs.unifi` instead."; # Converted to throw 2024-04-11
   untrunc = throw "'untrunc' has been renamed to/replaced by 'untrunc-anthwlock'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a66e9bb794a9..efa448c47cd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12348,11 +12348,6 @@ with pkgs;
     matomo_5
     matomo-beta;
 
-  inherit (callPackages ../servers/unifi { })
-    unifi8;
-
-  unifi = unifi8;
-
   unpackerr = callPackage ../servers/unpackerr {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa WebKit;
   };