diff --git a/doc/hooks/xfce4-dev-tools.section.md b/doc/hooks/xfce4-dev-tools.section.md
index 6c0d54a0b005..a18295f4db67 100644
--- a/doc/hooks/xfce4-dev-tools.section.md
+++ b/doc/hooks/xfce4-dev-tools.section.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# `xfce.xfce4-dev-tools` {#xfce4-dev-tools}
+# `xfce4-dev-tools` {#xfce4-dev-tools}
 
 This setup hook attempts to run `xdt-autogen` in `xdtAutogenPhase`, which is part of `preConfigurePhases`.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/lightdm-gtk-greeter/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lightdm-gtk-greeter/package.nix
index b6b62599d139..1279d447353a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/lightdm-gtk-greeter/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lightdm-gtk-greeter/package.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   linkFarm,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
   gtk3,
-  xfce,
+  xfce4-dev-tools,
   at-spi2-core,
   librsvg,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     intltool
-    xfce.xfce4-dev-tools
+    xfce4-dev-tools
     wrapGAppsHook3
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pr/pragha/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pr/pragha/package.nix
index 067359851eb7..5e92f657a67f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pr/pragha/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pr/pragha/package.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   libmtp,
   withMtp ? false, # experimental
   xfce,
+  xfce4-dev-tools,
   withXfce4ui ? false,
   totem-pl-parser,
   withTotemPlParser ? false,
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     intltool
     pkg-config
-    xfce.xfce4-dev-tools
+    xfce4-dev-tools
     desktop-file-utils
     installShellFiles
     libsForQt5.wrapQtAppsHook
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-dev-tools/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-dev-tools/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/xf/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index 50f81008705a..f1d1fb001a37 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
 
       xfce4-appfinder = callPackage ./core/xfce4-appfinder { };
 
-      xfce4-dev-tools = callPackage ./core/xfce4-dev-tools { };
-
       #### APPLICATIONS
 
       catfish = callPackage ./applications/catfish { };
@@ -176,3 +174,7 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
     }
   );
 }
+// lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
+  # These aliases need to be placed outside the scope or they will shadow the attributes from parent scope.
+  xfce4-dev-tools = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-dev-tools’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-dev-tools’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-dev-tools; # Added on 2025-12-23
+}