diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/fontforge-fonttools.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge-fonttools/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/fontforge-fonttools.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge-fonttools/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge-gtk/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge-gtk/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08bcf0eac9d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge-gtk/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{ fontforge }:
+
+fontforge.override {
+  withSpiro = true;
+  withGTK = true;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge/package.nix
similarity index 88%
rename from pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge/package.nix
index 33270a32bc85..2fde4628826d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge/package.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   cmake,
   uthash,
   pkg-config,
-  python,
+  makeWrapper,
+  python3,
   freetype,
   zlib,
   glib,
@@ -27,23 +28,20 @@
   withGUI ? withGTK,
   withPython ? true,
   withExtras ? true,
-  Carbon,
-  Cocoa,
-  makeWrapper,
 }:
 
 assert withGTK -> withGUI;
 
 let
-  py = python.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ setuptools ]);
+  py = python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ setuptools ]);
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "fontforge";
   version = "20230101";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = pname;
-    repo = pname;
+    owner = "fontforge";
+    repo = "fontforge";
     rev = version;
     sha256 = "sha256-/RYhvL+Z4n4hJ8dmm+jbA1Ful23ni2DbCRZC5A3+pP0=";
   };
@@ -98,15 +96,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       libxml2
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals withSpiro [ libspiro ]
-    ++ lib.optionals withGUI [
-      gtk3
-      cairo
-      pango
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      Carbon
-      Cocoa
-    ];
+    ++ lib.optionals withGUI [ gtk3 cairo pango ];
 
   cmakeFlags =
     [ "-DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=ON" ]
@@ -130,11 +120,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         rm -r "$out/share/fontforge/python"
       '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Font editor";
     homepage = "https://fontforge.github.io";
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ erictapen ulysseszhan ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ erictapen ulysseszhan ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/replace-distutils.patch b/pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge/replace-distutils.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/replace-distutils.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge/replace-distutils.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 705985a81d4e..bf1764a2fa4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3374,19 +3374,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   fastlane = callPackage ../tools/admin/fastlane { };
 
-  fontforge = lowPrio (callPackage ../tools/misc/fontforge {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon Cocoa;
-    python = python3;
-  });
-  fontforge-gtk = fontforge.override {
-    withSpiro = true;
-    withGTK = true;
-    gtk3 = gtk3-x11;
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon Cocoa;
-  };
-
-  fontforge-fonttools = callPackage ../tools/misc/fontforge/fontforge-fonttools.nix { };
-
   fontmatrix = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/fontmatrix { };
 
   fox = callPackage ../development/libraries/fox {};
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1a026f7d4d41..659ca628a80a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4846,7 +4846,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
     (pythonOlder "3.10")
     (toPythonModule (pkgs.fontforge.override {
       withPython = true;
-      inherit python;
+      python3 = python;
     }));
 
   fontmath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fontmath { };