diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/gmt/dcw.nix b/pkgs/by-name/dc/dcw-gmt/package.nix
similarity index 87%
rename from pkgs/applications/gis/gmt/dcw.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/dc/dcw-gmt/package.nix
index 092e86edcb66..efa697b2926a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/gmt/dcw.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dc/dcw-gmt/package.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "dcw-gmt";
   version = "2.1.2";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/dcw-gmt-${version}.tar.gz";
+    url = "ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/dcw-gmt-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "sha256-S7hA0HXIuj4UrrQc8XwkI2v/eHVmMU+f91irmXd0XZk=";
   };
 
@@ -29,4 +33,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = lib.teams.geospatial.members ++ (with lib.maintainers; [ tviti ]);
   };
 
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/gmt/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmt/package.nix
similarity index 65%
rename from pkgs/applications/gis/gmt/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/gm/gmt/package.nix
index 2f2528ff5bb9..afd1464aeba6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/gmt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmt/package.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchurl,
   cmake,
   curl,
-  Accelerate,
-  CoreGraphics,
-  CoreVideo,
+  darwin,
   fftwSinglePrec,
   netcdf,
-  libxml2,
   pcre,
   gdal,
   blas,
@@ -19,46 +16,34 @@
   dcw-gmt,
   gshhg-gmt,
 }:
-
 /*
   The onus is on the user to also install:
    - ffmpeg for webm or mp4 output
    - graphicsmagick for gif output
 */
 
-let
-  # Certainly not an ideal situation, See:
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/340707#issuecomment-2361894717
-  netcdf' = netcdf.override {
-    libxml2 = libxml2.override {
-      enableHttp = true;
-    };
-  };
-in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gmt";
-  version = "6.5.0";
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "GenericMappingTools";
-    repo = "gmt";
-    rev = "refs/tags/${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-KKIYhljCtk9t9CuvTLsSGvUkUwazWTm9ymBB3wLwSoI=";
+  version = "6.4.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt/releases/download/${finalAttrs.version}/gmt-${finalAttrs.version}-src.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-0mfAx9b7MMnqfgKe8n2tsm/9e5LLS0cD+aO6Do85Ohs=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   buildInputs =
     [
       curl
       gdal
-      netcdf'
+      netcdf
       pcre
       dcw-gmt
       gshhg-gmt
     ]
     ++ (
-      if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then
+      if stdenv.isDarwin then
+        with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks;
         [
           Accelerate
           CoreGraphics
@@ -73,9 +58,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         ]
     );
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    ghostscript
-  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ghostscript ];
 
   cmakeFlags =
     [
@@ -86,13 +69,24 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "-DGSHHG_ROOT=${gshhg-gmt.out}/share/gshhg-gmt"
       "-DCOPY_DCW:BOOL=FALSE"
       "-DDCW_ROOT=${dcw-gmt.out}/share/dcw-gmt"
+      "-DGDAL_ROOT=${gdal.out}"
+      "-DNETCDF_ROOT=${netcdf.out}"
+      "-DPCRE_ROOT=${pcre.out}"
       "-DGMT_INSTALL_TRADITIONAL_FOLDERNAMES:BOOL=FALSE"
       "-DGMT_ENABLE_OPENMP:BOOL=TRUE"
       "-DGMT_INSTALL_MODULE_LINKS:BOOL=FALSE"
       "-DLICENSE_RESTRICTED=LGPL" # "GPL" and "no" also valid
-    ];
+    ]
+    ++ (
+      with stdenv;
+      lib.optionals (!isDarwin) [
+        "-DFFTW3_ROOT=${fftwSinglePrec.dev}"
+        "-DLAPACK_LIBRARY=${lapack}/lib/liblapack.so"
+        "-DBLAS_LIBRARY=${blas}/lib/libblas.so"
+      ]
+    );
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org";
     description = "Tools for manipulating geographic and cartesian data sets";
     longDescription = ''
@@ -104,9 +98,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       transformations and includes supporting data such as coastlines, rivers,
       and political boundaries and optionally country polygons.
     '';
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = lib.teams.geospatial.members ++ (with lib.maintainers; [ tviti ]);
+    platforms = [
+      "x86_64-linux"
+      "x86_64-darwin"
+    ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ tviti ];
   };
-
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/gmt/gshhg.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gs/gshhg-gmt/package.nix
similarity index 86%
rename from pkgs/applications/gis/gmt/gshhg.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/gs/gshhg-gmt/package.nix
index d51f1dbbcb5a..c17378d5ec1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/gmt/gshhg.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gs/gshhg-gmt/package.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gshhg-gmt";
   version = "2.3.7";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/gshhg-gmt-${version}.tar.gz";
+    url = "ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/gshhg-gmt-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "9bb1a956fca0718c083bef842e625797535a00ce81f175df08b042c2a92cfe7f";
   };
 
@@ -28,4 +32,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = lib.teams.geospatial.members ++ (with lib.maintainers; [ tviti ]);
   };
 
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 082c351099b5..bd496238d27c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27779,15 +27779,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ### APPLICATIONS / GIS
 
-  gmt = callPackage ../applications/gis/gmt {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks)
-      Accelerate CoreGraphics CoreVideo;
-  };
-
-  gshhg-gmt = callPackage ../applications/gis/gmt/gshhg.nix { };
-
-  dcw-gmt = callPackage ../applications/gis/gmt/dcw.nix { };
-
   grass = callPackage ../applications/gis/grass {
     stdenv = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then overrideSDK stdenv "11.0" else stdenv;
   };