diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/etebase-server.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/etebase-server.nix
index 7b6b5249f230..9b2ba34cc30b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/etebase-server.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/etebase-server.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ in
 
       package = mkOption {
         type = types.package;
-        default = pkgs.python3.pkgs.etebase-server;
+        default = pkgs.etebase-server;
         defaultText = literalExpression "pkgs.python3.pkgs.etebase-server";
         description = "etebase-server package to use.";
       };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/etebase/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/etebase/default.nix
index 07a084f91e36..6076bb161fa3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/etebase/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/etebase/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ let
     };
   };
 in
-python.pkgs.buildPythonPackage rec {
+python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "etebase-server";
   version = "0.13.1";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 13a3a9dbb8e2..df18f4dbaeb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30201,7 +30201,7 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices Security SystemConfiguration;
   };
 
-  etebase-server = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication etebase-server;
+  etebase-server = callPackage ../servers/etebase {};
 
   etesync-dav = callPackage ../applications/misc/etesync-dav { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 34fa065b9945..f26765fe08c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   email_validator = email-validator; # added 2022-06-22
   enhancements = throw "enhancements is unmaintained upstream and has therefore been removed"; # added 2023-10-27
   et_xmlfile = et-xmlfile; # added 2023-10-16
+  etebase-server = throw "pkgs.python3.etebase-server has been removed, use pkgs.etebase-server"; # added 2024-07-16
   ev3dev2 = python-ev3dev2; # added 2023-06-19
   eyeD3 = eyed3; # added 2024-01-03
   Fabric = fabric; # addedd 2023-02-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fbc820b34823..2338a8a4be00 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3974,8 +3974,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
     inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
 
-  etebase-server = callPackage ../servers/etebase { };
-
   eternalegypt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/eternalegypt { };
 
   etesync = callPackage ../development/python-modules/etesync { };