diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/hook.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waf/hook.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/hook.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/wa/waf/hook.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waf/package.nix
similarity index 95%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/wa/waf/package.nix
index de4022ed7d70..515f3ae03421 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waf/package.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     changelog  = "https://gitlab.com/ita1024/waf/blob/${finalAttrs.version}/ChangeLog";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     mainProgram = "waf";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres vrthra ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
     inherit (python3.meta) platforms;
     sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.fromSource ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waf/setup-hook.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/setup-hook.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/wa/waf/setup-hook.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 327e27d40090..bee2c964d709 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14837,7 +14837,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   volumeicon = callPackage ../tools/audio/volumeicon { };
 
-  waf = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/waf { };
   # An alias to work around the splicing incidents
   # Related:
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/204303