diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/way-cooler/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/way-cooler/default.nix
index 8f35cb620cae..6ed9c526ba46 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/way-cooler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/way-cooler/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, symlinkJoin, writeShellScriptBin, callPackage, defaultCrateOverrides
-, wayland, wlc, cairo, libxkbcommon, pam, python3Packages, lemonbar, gdk_pixbuf
+, wayland, cairo, libxkbcommon, pam, python3Packages, lemonbar, gdk_pixbuf
 }:
 
 let
+  wlc = callPackage ./wlc.nix {};
+
   # refer to
   # https://github.com/way-cooler/way-cooler.github.io/blob/master/way-cooler-release-i3-default.sh
   # for version numbers
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/way-cooler/wlc.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/wlc/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/window-managers/way-cooler/wlc.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 05d53d3f8114..5113f96502c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18436,7 +18436,6 @@ in
 
   super-productivity = callPackage ../applications/networking/super-productivity { };
 
-  wlc = callPackage ../development/libraries/wlc { };
   wlroots = callPackage ../development/libraries/wlroots { };
 
   sway = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/sway { };