diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/cq-editor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/cq-editor/default.nix
index 33bae268c8a6..bb157ad18db0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/cq-editor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/cq-editor/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mkDerivationWith python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pyparsing
     pyqtgraph
     spyder
-    pathpy
+    path
     qtconsole
     requests
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/behave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/behave/default.nix
index 2384a51e5023..5254f79c4b2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/behave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/behave/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
 , buildPythonApplication, python
-, pytestCheckHook, mock, pathpy, pyhamcrest, pytest-html
+, pytestCheckHook, mock, path, pyhamcrest, pytest-html
 , glibcLocales
 , colorama, cucumber-tag-expressions, parse, parse-type, six
 }:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-B8PUN1Q4UAsDWrHjPZDlpaPjCKjI/pAogCSI+BQnaWs=";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook mock pathpy pyhamcrest pytest-html ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook mock path pyhamcrest pytest-html ];
 
   # upstream tests are failing, so instead we only check if we can import it
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix
index 01bbfe8841b7..f4272f90d629 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , jaraco_collections
 , more-itertools
 , objgraph
-, pathpy
+, path
 , portend
 , pytest-forked
 , pytest-services
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   checkInputs = [
     objgraph
-    pathpy
+    path
     pytest-forked
     pytest-services
     pytestCheckHook
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/entrypoint2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/entrypoint2/default.nix
index 73ede85fb886..4fd464d483f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/entrypoint2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/entrypoint2/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, EasyProcess, pathpy, pytestCheckHook }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, EasyProcess, path, pytestCheckHook }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "entrypoint2";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "entrypoint2" ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ EasyProcess pathpy pytestCheckHook ];
+  checkInputs = [ EasyProcess path pytestCheckHook ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Easy to use command-line interface for python modules";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/modeled/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/modeled/default.nix
index acf8ee4c1123..c49077d2181b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/modeled/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/modeled/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , zetup
 , six
 , moretools
-, pathpy
+, path
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ zetup ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six moretools pathpy ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six moretools path ];
 
   checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/moretools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/moretools/default.nix
index 5a96682accdb..01f6b58a9475 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/moretools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/moretools/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
-, six, pathpy, zetup, pytest
+, six, path, zetup, pytest
 , decorator }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ zetup ];
-  checkInputs = [ six pathpy pytest ];
+  checkInputs = [ six path pytest ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ decorator ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/path.py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/path.py/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e49b1ceb462c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/path.py/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, setuptools-scm
-, pytestCheckHook
-, pytest-flake8
-, glibcLocales
-, packaging
-, isPy38
-, importlib-metadata
-, fetchpatch
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "path.py";
-  version = "12.0.1";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "9f2169633403aa0423f6ec000e8701dd1819526c62465f5043952f92527fea0f";
-  };
-
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook pytest-flake8 glibcLocales packaging ];
-  buildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    importlib-metadata
-  ];
-
-  LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A module wrapper for os.path";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/path.py";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-  };
-
-  # ignore performance test which may fail when the system is under load
-  # test_version fails with 3.8 https://github.com/jaraco/path.py/issues/172
-  disabledTests = [ "TestPerformance" ] ++ lib.optionals isPy38 [ "test_version"];
-
-  dontUseSetuptoolsCheck = true;
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/jaraco/path.py/commit/02eb16f0eb2cdc0015972ce963357aaa1cd0b84b.patch";
-      sha256 = "0bqa8vjwil7jn35a6984adcm24pvv3pjkhszv10qv6yr442d1mk9";
-    })
-  ];
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/path/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/path/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e89231d9ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/path/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchPypi
+
+# build time
+, setuptools-scm
+
+# tests
+, pytestCheckHook
+, appdirs
+, packaging
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "path";
+  version = "16.4.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-uvLnV8Sxm+ggj55n5I+0dbSld9VhNZDORmk7298IL1I=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "path"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Object-oriented file system path manipulation";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/path";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pickleshare/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pickleshare/default.nix
index 34798cc3ee5e..381f03bdce5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pickleshare/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pickleshare/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
-, pathpy
+, path
 , pathlib2
 , pythonOlder
 }:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "87683d47965c1da65cdacaf31c8441d12b8044cdec9aca500cd78fc2c683afca";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pathpy ]
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ path ]
     ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.4") pathlib2;
 
   # No proper test suite
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-shutil/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-shutil/default.nix
index e43a837d6aa4..0432117e1e8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-shutil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-shutil/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, isPyPy, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
-, pytest, cmdline, pytest-cov, coverage, setuptools-git, mock, pathpy, execnet
+, pytest, cmdline, pytest-cov, coverage, setuptools-git, mock, path, execnet
 , contextlib2, termcolor }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ pytest ];
   checkInputs = [ cmdline pytest ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pytest-cov coverage setuptools-git mock pathpy execnet contextlib2 termcolor ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pytest-cov coverage setuptools-git mock path execnet contextlib2 termcolor ];
 
   checkPhase = ''
     py.test ${lib.optionalString isPyPy "-k'not (test_run or test_run_integration)'"}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotframework-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotframework-tools/default.nix
index 77a7fe13df99..2c2fe3945b09 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotframework-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotframework-tools/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , fetchPypi
 , robotframework
 , moretools
-, pathpy
+, path
 , six
 , zetup
 , modeled
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     robotframework
     moretools
-    pathpy
+    path
     six
     modeled
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-build/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-build/default.nix
index 3fefba47cbda..66b7a0743c75 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-build/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-build/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 , cython
 , flake8
 , ninja
-, pathpy
+, path
 , pytest
 , pytest-cov
 , pytest-mock
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     cython
     flake8
     ninja
-    pathpy
+    path
     pytest
     pytest-cov
     pytest-mock
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zetup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zetup/default.nix
index c2e707347b33..41b5f05cfeb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zetup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zetup/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , nbconvert
-, pathpy
+, path
 , pytestCheckHook
 , setuptools-scm
 , pythonAtLeast
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
 
   checkInputs = [
-    pathpy
+    path
     nbconvert
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 9e5c59674720..5e6a44e55c76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   nose-cover3 = throw "nose-cover3 has been removed, it was using setuptools 2to3 translation feature, which has been removed in setuptools 58"; # added 2022-02-16
   pam = python-pam; # added 2020-09-07.
   PasteDeploy = pastedeploy; # added 2021-10-07
+  pathpy = path; # added 2022-04-12
   powerlineMemSegment = powerline-mem-segment; # added 2021-10-08
   privacyidea = throw "privacyidea has been renamed to pkgs.privacyidea"; # added 2021-06-20
   prometheus_client = prometheus-client; # added 2021-06-10
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4310388003c5..ad268b2591b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6017,6 +6017,8 @@ in {
 
   patch-ng = callPackage ../development/python-modules/patch-ng { };
 
+  path = callPackage ../development/python-modules/path { };
+
   path-and-address = callPackage ../development/python-modules/path-and-address { };
 
   pathable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pathable { };
@@ -6027,8 +6029,6 @@ in {
 
   pathos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pathos { };
 
-  pathpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/path.py { };
-
   pathspec = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pathspec { };
 
   pathtools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pathtools { };