diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/poetry/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/poetry/default.nix
similarity index 79%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/poetry/default.nix
rename to pkgs/tools/package-management/poetry/default.nix
index 83c91e847455..decc872c0501 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/poetry/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/poetry/default.nix
@@ -1,52 +1,18 @@
 { lib
-, backports-cached-property
-, buildPythonPackage
-, cachecontrol
-, cachy
-, cleo
-, crashtest
-, deepdiff
-, dulwich
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, filelock
-, flatdict
-, html5lib
-, httpretty
-, importlib-metadata
-, installShellFiles
-, intreehooks
-, jsonschema
-, keyring
-, lockfile
-, packaging
-, pexpect
-, pkginfo
-, platformdirs
-, poetry-core
-, poetry-plugin-export
-, pytest-mock
-, pytest-xdist
-, pytestCheckHook
-, pythonAtLeast
-, pythonOlder
-, requests
-, requests-toolbelt
-, shellingham
 , stdenv
-, tomli
-, tomlkit
-, trove-classifiers
-, urllib3
-, virtualenv
-, xattr
+, python3
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, installShellFiles
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+let
+  python = python3;
+in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "poetry";
   version = "1.3.1";
   format = "pyproject";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  disabled = python.pkgs.pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "python-poetry";
@@ -59,7 +25,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     installShellFiles
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python.pkgs; [
     cachecontrol
     cleo
     crashtest
@@ -97,7 +63,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       --zsh <($out/bin/poetry completions zsh) \
   '';
 
-  checkInputs = [
+  checkInputs = with python.pkgs; [
     cachy
     deepdiff
     flatdict
@@ -132,7 +98,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "lock"
     # fs permission errors
     "test_builder_should_execute_build_scripts"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.10") [
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (python.pythonAtLeast "3.10") [
     # RuntimeError: 'auto_spec' might be a typo; use unsafe=True if this is intended
     "test_info_setup_complex_pep517_error"
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cc471b0bcbf8..3b8b9d7376f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16363,7 +16363,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pew = callPackage ../development/tools/pew {};
 
-  poetry = with python3.pkgs; toPythonApplication poetry;
+  poetry = callPackage ../tools/package-management/poetry { };
 
   poetry2nix = callPackage ../development/tools/poetry2nix/poetry2nix {
     inherit pkgs lib;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index c444f6bb9d64..b7eb2cabec40 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pathpy = path; # added 2022-04-12
   pdfminer = pdfminer-six; # added 2022-05-25
   pep257 = pydocstyle; # added 2022-04-12
+  poetry = throw "poetry was promoted to a top-level attribute, use poetry-core to build Python packages"; # added 2023-01-09
   poetry2conda = throw "poetry2conda was promoted to a top-level attribute"; # Added 2022-10-02
   poster3 = throw "poster3 is unmaintained and source is no longer available"; # added 2023-05-29
   postorius = throw "Please use pkgs.mailmanPackages.postorius"; # added 2022-04-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 216383e012b1..df4fe30b2111 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7300,8 +7300,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   podcats = callPackage ../development/python-modules/podcats { };
 
-  poetry = callPackage ../development/python-modules/poetry { };
-
   poetry-core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/poetry-core { };
 
   poetry-dynamic-versioning = callPackage ../development/python-modules/poetry-dynamic-versioning { };