diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/yt-dlp/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/yt/yt-dlp/package.nix
similarity index 90%
rename from pkgs/tools/misc/yt-dlp/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/yt/yt-dlp/package.nix
index 4e88175b9aa7..f61baab5e190 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/yt-dlp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/yt/yt-dlp/package.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
 { lib
-, buildPythonPackage
+, python3Packages
 , fetchPypi
-, brotli
-, hatchling
-, certifi
-, ffmpeg
+, ffmpeg-headless
 , rtmpdump
 , atomicparsley
-, pycryptodomex
-, websockets
-, mutagen
-, requests
-, secretstorage
-, urllib3
 , atomicparsleySupport ? true
 , ffmpegSupport ? true
 , rtmpSupport ? true
@@ -20,7 +11,7 @@
 , update-python-libraries
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "yt-dlp";
   # The websites yt-dlp deals with are a very moving target. That means that
   # downloads break constantly. Because of that, updates should always be backported
@@ -34,13 +25,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-dYeqJeI2z3sUvbk3i7//9RIC2QGwQgK+DPYsu1bTtSw=";
   };
 
-  build-system = [
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [
     hatchling
   ];
 
-  dependencies = [
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     brotli
     certifi
+    curl-cffi
     mutagen
     pycryptodomex
     requests
@@ -57,7 +49,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     let
       packagesToBinPath = []
         ++ lib.optional atomicparsleySupport atomicparsley
-        ++ lib.optional ffmpegSupport ffmpeg
+        ++ lib.optional ffmpegSupport ffmpeg-headless
         ++ lib.optional rtmpSupport rtmpdump;
     in lib.optionals (packagesToBinPath != [])
     [ ''--prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath packagesToBinPath}"'' ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2a64931c538f..2d419ef217aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -35306,9 +35306,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   youki = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/youki { };
 
-  yt-dlp = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication yt-dlp;
-
-  yt-dlp-light = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication yt-dlp-light;
+  yt-dlp-light = yt-dlp.override {
+    atomicparsleySupport = false;
+    ffmpegSupport = false;
+    rtmpSupport = false;
+  };
 
   youtube-viewer = perlPackages.WWWYoutubeViewer;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 53e7cd1eaa10..70739a13e773 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17634,15 +17634,13 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   yoyo-migrations = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yoyo-migrations { };
 
-  yt-dlp = callPackage ../tools/misc/yt-dlp {
-    ffmpeg = pkgs.ffmpeg-headless;
-  };
+  yt-dlp = toPythonModule (pkgs.yt-dlp.override {
+    python3Packages = self;
+  });
 
-  yt-dlp-light = callPackage ../tools/misc/yt-dlp {
-    atomicparsleySupport = false;
-    ffmpegSupport = false;
-    rtmpSupport = false;
-  };
+  yt-dlp-light = toPythonModule (pkgs.yt-dlp-light.override {
+    python3Packages = self;
+  });
 
   youtube-search = callPackage ../development/python-modules/youtube-search { };