diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/epic5/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/epic5/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c3a10cc39e9d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/epic5/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, ncurses, libiconv, tcl, coreutils, fetchpatch, libxcrypt }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "epic5";
-  version = "2.0.1";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://ftp.epicsol.org/pub/epic/EPIC5-PRODUCTION/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1ap73d5f4vccxjaaq249zh981z85106vvqmxfm4plvy76b40y9jm";
-  };
-
-  # Darwin needs libiconv, tcl; while Linux build don't
-  buildInputs = [ openssl ncurses libxcrypt ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ libiconv tcl ];
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.net/data/main/e/epic5/2.0.1-1/debian/patches/openssl-1.1.patch";
-      sha256 = "03bpsyv1sr5icajs2qkdvv8nnn6rz6yvvj7pgiq8gz9sbp6siyfv";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--disable-debug" "--with-ipv6" ];
-
-  postConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace bsdinstall \
-      --replace /bin/cp ${coreutils}/bin/cp \
-      --replace /bin/rm ${coreutils}/bin/rm \
-      --replace /bin/chmod ${coreutils}/bin/chmod \
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "http://epicsol.org";
-    description = "IRC client that offers a great ircII interface";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-}
-
-
-
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ep/epic5/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ep/epic5/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a73b64043b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ep/epic5/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  ruby,
+  fetchurl,
+  openssl,
+  ncurses,
+  libiconv,
+  tcl,
+  libxcrypt,
+  perl,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "epic5";
+  version = "3.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://ftp.epicsol.org/pub/epic/EPIC5-PRODUCTION/epic5-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-ltRzUME6PZkBnaDmoEsMf4Datt26WQvMZ527iswXeaE=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      openssl
+      ncurses
+      libxcrypt
+      ruby
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      libiconv
+      tcl
+    ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-ipv6"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    perl
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://epicsol.org";
+    description = "IRC client that offers a great ircII interface";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bot-wxt1221 ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    mainProgram = "epic5";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 982de17fe824..c5a4fba39e3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28879,8 +28879,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ephemeral = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/ephemeral { };
 
-  epic5 = callPackage ../applications/networking/irc/epic5 { };
-
   epick = callPackage ../applications/graphics/epick {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit;
   };