diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond-unstable/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond-unstable/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1fe01def478a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond-unstable/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchzip,
+  lilypond,
+  writeScript,
+}:
+
+lilypond.overrideAttrs (
+  finalAttrs: prevAttrs: {
+    version = "2.25.32";
+
+    src = fetchzip {
+      url = "https://lilypond.org/download/sources/v${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}/lilypond-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
+      hash = "sha256-j7Avb9WSy27yQCak3KV7OB24M+T76b/tLcLoINLSEbo=";
+    };
+
+    passthru.updateScript = writeScript "update-lilypond-unstable" ''
+      #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+      #!nix-shell -i bash -p common-updater-scripts curl
+      version="$(curl -s 'https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/raw/master/VERSION' | grep 'VERSION_DEVEL=' | cut -d= -f2)"
+      update-source-version lilypond-unstable "$version" \
+         --file=pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond-unstable/package.nix
+    '';
+  }
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/with-fonts.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond-with-fonts/package.nix
similarity index 75%
rename from pkgs/misc/lilypond/with-fonts.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond-with-fonts/package.nix
index 95bb75318e05..8c4f2c902a89 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/with-fonts.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond-with-fonts/package.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ lib.appendToName "with-fonts" (symlinkJoin {
     meta
     ;
 
-  paths = [ lilypond ] ++ openlilylib-fonts.all;
+  paths = [
+    lilypond
+  ]
+  # relevant for lilypond-unstable-with-fonts
+  ++ (openlilylib-fonts.override { inherit lilypond; }).all;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond/package.nix
similarity index 84%
rename from pkgs/misc/lilypond/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond/package.nix
index 9bd6351bd2b1..c81b8a6df53d 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond/package.nix
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@
       metafont
     ]
   ),
+  writeScript,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "lilypond";
   version = "2.24.4";
   outputs = [
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   src = fetchzip {
-    url = "http://lilypond.org/download/sources/v${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/lilypond-${version}.tar.gz";
+    url = "http://lilypond.org/download/sources/v${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}/lilypond-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
     hash = "sha256-UYdORvodrVchxslOxpMiXrAh7DtB9sWp9yqZU/jeB9Y=";
   };
 
@@ -120,10 +121,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  passthru.updateScript = {
-    command = [ ./update.sh ];
-    supportedFeatures = [ "commit" ];
-  };
+  passthru.updateScript = writeScript "update-lilypond" ''
+    #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+    #!nix-shell -i bash -p common-updater-scripts curl
+    version="$(curl -s 'https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/raw/master/VERSION' | grep 'VERSION_STABLE=' | cut -d= -f2)"
+    update-source-version lilypond "$version"
+  '';
 
   # documentation makefile uses "out" for different purposes, hence we explicitly set it to an empty string
   makeFlags = [ "out=" ];
@@ -147,4 +150,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   FONTCONFIG_FILE = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin (makeFontsConf {
     fontDirectories = [ freefont_ttf ];
   });
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix b/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e81140eb681..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchzip,
-  lilypond,
-}:
-
-lilypond.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-  version = "2.25.32";
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://lilypond.org/download/sources/v${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/lilypond-${version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-j7Avb9WSy27yQCak3KV7OB24M+T76b/tLcLoINLSEbo=";
-  };
-
-  passthru.updateScript = {
-    command = [
-      ./update.sh
-      "unstable"
-    ];
-    supportedFeatures = [ "commit" ];
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/update.sh b/pkgs/misc/lilypond/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5d5f855dbd7c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -I nixpkgs=./. -i bash -p curl gnused nix
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-if [ $# -gt 0 ] && [ "$1" = "unstable" ]; then
-    ATTR="lilypond-unstable"
-    FILE="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[@]}")/unstable.nix"
-    QUERY="VERSION_DEVEL="
-else
-    ATTR="lilypond"
-    FILE="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[@]}")/default.nix"
-    QUERY="VERSION_STABLE="
-fi
-
-# update version
-PREV=$(nix eval --raw -f default.nix $ATTR.version)
-NEXT=$(curl -s 'https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/raw/master/VERSION' | grep "$QUERY" | cut -d= -f2)
-sed -i "s|$PREV|$NEXT|" "$FILE"
-echo "[{\"commitMessage\":\"$ATTR: $PREV -> $NEXT\"}]"
-
-# update hash
-PREV=$(nix eval --raw -f default.nix $ATTR.src.outputHash)
-NEXT=$(nix --extra-experimental-features nix-command hash to-sri --type sha256 $(nix-prefetch-url --type sha256 --unpack $(nix eval --raw -f default.nix $ATTR.src.url)))
-sed -i "s|$PREV|$NEXT|" "$FILE"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fbc504abb334..da5e22a493d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12416,19 +12416,10 @@ with pkgs;
     ;
   kops = kops_1_33;
 
-  lilypond = callPackage ../misc/lilypond { };
-
-  lilypond-unstable = callPackage ../misc/lilypond/unstable.nix { };
-
-  lilypond-unstable-with-fonts = callPackage ../misc/lilypond/with-fonts.nix {
+  lilypond-unstable-with-fonts = lilypond-with-fonts.override {
     lilypond = lilypond-unstable;
-    openlilylib-fonts = openlilylib-fonts.override {
-      lilypond = lilypond-unstable;
-    };
   };
 
-  lilypond-with-fonts = callPackage ../misc/lilypond/with-fonts.nix { };
-
   openlilylib-fonts = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../misc/lilypond/fonts.nix { });
 
   nixDependencies = recurseIntoAttrs (