diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/libyafaray/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/libyafaray/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..11e3dc6fafd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/libyafaray/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{ boost165
+, cmake
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, freetype
+, ilmbase
+, lib
+, libjpeg
+, libtiff
+, libxml2
+, opencv
+, openexr
+, pkg-config
+, stdenv
+, swig
+, zlib
+, withPython ? true, python3
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libyafaray";
+  version = "unstable-2022-09-17";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "YafaRay";
+    repo   = "libYafaRay";
+    rev    = "6e8c45fb150185b3356220e5f99478f20408ee49";
+    sha256 = "sha256-UVBA1vXOuLg4RT+BdF4rhbZ6I9ySeZX0N81gh3MH84I=";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE+=" -isystem ${ilmbase.dev}/include/OpenEXR"
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost165
+    freetype
+    ilmbase
+    libjpeg
+    libtiff
+    libxml2
+    opencv
+    openexr
+    swig
+    zlib
+  ] ++ lib.optional withPython python3;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A free, open source raytracer";
+    downloadPage = "https://github.com/YafaRay/libYafaRay";
+    homepage = "http://www.yafaray.org";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hodapp ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = [ "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+  };
+}
+
+# TODO: Add optional Ruby support
+# TODO: Add Qt support? (CMake looks for it, but what for?)
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/yafaray-core/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/yafaray-core/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index cd9faa85ab1d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/yafaray-core/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkg-config, opencv, zlib
-, libxml2, freetype, libjpeg, libtiff, swig, openexr
-, ilmbase, boost165
-, withPython ? true, python3
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-
-    pname = "yafaray-core";
-    version = "3.5.1";
-
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner  = "YafaRay";
-      repo   = "Core";
-      rev    = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "043ixf3h4ay2fahsw9lh0pha82f7ri04mlfhvn2pg251012jvhrx";
-    };
-
-    preConfigure = ''
-      NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE+=" -isystem ${ilmbase.dev}/include/OpenEXR"
-    '';
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
-    buildInputs = [
-      boost165 opencv zlib libxml2 freetype libjpeg libtiff
-      swig openexr ilmbase
-    ] ++ lib.optional withPython python3;
-
-    meta = with lib; {
-      description = "A free, open source raytracer";
-      homepage = "http://www.yafaray.org";
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ hodapp ];
-      license = licenses.lgpl21;
-      platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-    };
-  }
-
-# TODO: Add optional Ruby support
-# TODO: Add Qt support? (CMake looks for it, but what for?)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 9cf7fc99d117..5f3af17ab44d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1560,6 +1560,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ### Y ###
 
   yacc = bison; # moved from top-level 2021-03-14
+  yafaray-core = libyafaray; # Added 2022-09-23
   yarssr = throw "yarssr has been removed as part of the python2 deprecation"; # Added 2022-01-15
   youtubeDL = throw "'youtubeDL' has been renamed to/replaced by 'youtube-dl'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   ytop = throw "ytop has been abandoned by upstream. Consider switching to bottom instead";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eefb783f41a4..16a816ef2f09 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8714,6 +8714,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libwebsockets = callPackage ../development/libraries/libwebsockets { };
 
+  libyafaray = callPackage ../tools/graphics/libyafaray { };
+
   licensee = callPackage ../tools/package-management/licensee { };
 
   lidarr = callPackage ../servers/lidarr { };
@@ -12704,8 +12706,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xwinwrap = callPackage ../tools/X11/xwinwrap {};
 
-  yafaray-core = callPackage ../tools/graphics/yafaray-core { stdenv = gcc10StdenvCompat; };
-
   yajsv = callPackage ../tools/misc/yajsv { };
 
   yallback = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/yallback { };