diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/updater/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/lu/luarocks-packages-updater/package.nix
similarity index 86%
rename from pkgs/development/lua-modules/updater/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/lu/luarocks-packages-updater/package.nix
index e556d4d0dec9..617bfa1057fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/updater/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/lu/luarocks-packages-updater/package.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-{ buildPythonApplication
-, nix
+{ nix
 , makeWrapper
 , python3Packages
 , lib
-# , nix-prefetch-git
 , nix-prefetch-scripts
 , luarocks-nix
 , lua5_1
 , lua5_2
 , lua5_3
 , lua5_4
+, pluginupdate
 }:
 let
 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ let
   ];
 
 in
-buildPythonApplication {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
   pname = "luarocks-packages-updater";
   version = "0.1";
 
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ buildPythonApplication {
     ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib
     cp ${./updater.py} $out/bin/luarocks-packages-updater
-    cp ${../../../../maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py} $out/lib/pluginupdate.py
+    cp ${pluginupdate} $out/lib/pluginupdate.py
 
     # wrap python scripts
     makeWrapperArgs+=( --prefix PATH : "${path}" --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$out/lib" \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/updater/updater.py b/pkgs/by-name/lu/luarocks-packages-updater/updater.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/lua-modules/updater/updater.py
rename to pkgs/by-name/lu/luarocks-packages-updater/updater.py
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 03f16b6834a0..4880e3fc14cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16692,11 +16692,10 @@ with pkgs;
   luarocks = luaPackages.luarocks;
   luarocks-nix = luaPackages.luarocks-nix;
 
-  luarocks-packages-updater = callPackage ../development/lua-modules/updater {
-    inherit (python3Packages) buildPythonApplication ;
+  luarocks-packages-updater = callPackage ../by-name/lu/luarocks-packages-updater/package.nix {
+    pluginupdate = ../../maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py;
   };
 
-
   luau = callPackage ../development/interpreters/luau { };
 
   lune = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lune { };