diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/package.nix
similarity index 76%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/package.nix
index c6840241c609..79716bd7e852 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/package.nix
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
   fetchurl,
   autoreconfHook,
   gettext,
-  guileSupport ? false,
+  gnumake,
   guile,
-  texinfo,
+  guileSupport ? false,
   # avoid guile depend on bootstrap to prevent dependency cycles
   inBootstrap ? false,
   pkg-config,
-  gnumake,
+  texinfo,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 let
   guileEnabled = guileSupport && !inBootstrap;
 in
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gnumake";
   version = "4.4.1";
@@ -39,18 +39,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # directory until derivation realization to avoid unnecessary Nix evaluations.
   patches = lib.filesystem.listFilesRecursive ./patches;
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
     pkg-config
   ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (!inBootstrap) [ texinfo ];
+  ++ lib.optionals (!inBootstrap) [ texinfo ]
+  ++ lib.optional stdenv.isCygwin gettext;
 
-  buildInputs =
-    lib.optionals guileEnabled [ guile ]
-    # gettext gets pulled in via autoreconfHook because strictDeps is not set,
-    # and is linked against. Without this, it doesn't end up in HOST_PATH.
-    # TODO: enable strictDeps, and either make this dependency explicit, or remove it
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isCygwin gettext;
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals guileEnabled [ guile ];
 
   configureFlags =
     lib.optional guileEnabled "--with-guile"
@@ -69,12 +67,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   postInstall = lib.optionalString (!inBootstrap) ''
-    mkdir -p $doc/share/doc/$pname-$version
-    cp ./make.html $doc/share/doc/$pname-$version/index.html
+    install -Dm644 make.html \
+      --target-directory="$doc"/share/doc/"$pname"-"$version"
   '';
 
   separateDebugInfo = true;
 
+  doCheck = true;
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
   passthru.tests = {
     # make sure that the override doesn't break bootstrapping
     gnumakeWithGuile = gnumake.override { guileSupport = true; };
@@ -84,18 +86,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Tool to control the generation of non-source files from sources";
     longDescription = ''
       Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and
-      other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.
+      other non-source files of a program from the program's source
+      files.
 
       Make gets its knowledge of how to build your program from a file
-      called the makefile, which lists each of the non-source files and
-      how to compute it from other files. When you write a program, you
-      should write a makefile for it, so that it is possible to use Make
-      to build and install the program.
+      called the makefile, which lists each of the non-source files
+      and how to compute it from other files.  When you write a
+      program, you should write a makefile for it, so that it is
+      possible to use Make to build and install the program.
     '';
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/make/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.mdaniels5757 ];
     mainProgram = "make";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mdaniels5757 ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/patches/0001-No-impure-bin-sh.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/patches/0001-No-impure-bin-sh.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/patches/0001-No-impure-bin-sh.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/patches/0001-No-impure-bin-sh.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/patches/0002-Remove-impure-dirs.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/patches/0002-Remove-impure-dirs.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/patches/0002-Remove-impure-dirs.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/patches/0002-Remove-impure-dirs.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/patches/0003-Do-not-search-for-a-C-compiler-and-set-MAKE_CXX.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/patches/0003-Do-not-search-for-a-C-compiler-and-set-MAKE_CXX.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/patches/0003-Do-not-search-for-a-C-compiler-and-set-MAKE_CXX.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/patches/0003-Do-not-search-for-a-C-compiler-and-set-MAKE_CXX.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/patches/0004-Fix-signatures-for-getenv-getopt.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/patches/0004-Fix-signatures-for-getenv-getopt.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/patches/0004-Fix-signatures-for-getenv-getopt.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/patches/0004-Fix-signatures-for-getenv-getopt.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/patches/0005-Fix-signatures-for-getenv-getopt.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/patches/0005-Fix-signatures-for-getenv-getopt.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/patches/0005-Fix-signatures-for-getenv-getopt.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumake/patches/0005-Fix-signatures-for-getenv-getopt.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index e2c2131eb762..d8c9470e5dfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -648,10 +648,6 @@ in
           inherit (prevStage) expand-response-params;
         };
 
-        # To allow users' overrides inhibit dependencies too heavy for
-        # bootstrap, like guile: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/181188
-        gnumake = super.gnumake.override { inBootstrap = true; };
-
         gcc = lib.makeOverridable (import ../../build-support/cc-wrapper) {
           nativeTools = false;
           nativeLibc = false;
@@ -869,8 +865,6 @@ in
                 libunistring
                 ;
             };
-
-            gnumake = super.gnumake.override { inBootstrap = false; };
           }
           // lib.optionalAttrs (super.stdenv.targetPlatform == localSystem) {
             # Need to get rid of these when cross-compiling.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 487bbbccff0f..7977b0887274 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5744,8 +5744,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   m4 = gnum4;
 
-  gnumake = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/gnumake { };
-
   gradle-packages = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/gradle { };
 
   gradle_7-unwrapped = gradle-packages.gradle_7;