diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
index 5068647e8798..c7d77bf34981 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ let
 
   lab = callPackage ./lab { };
 
-  pre-commit = callPackage ./pre-commit { };
+  pre-commit = pkgs.python3Packages.toPythonApplication pkgs.python3Packages.pre-commit;
 
   pass-git-helper = python3Packages.callPackage ./pass-git-helper { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/pre-commit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pre-commit/default.nix
similarity index 60%
rename from pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/pre-commit/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/pre-commit/default.nix
index 98608b20b575..6b65af073f42 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/pre-commit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pre-commit/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, python3Packages }:
-with python3Packages; buildPythonApplication rec {
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonApplication, pythonOlder
+, aspy-yaml
+, cached-property
+, cfgv
+, futures
+, identify
+, importlib-metadata
+, importlib-resources
+, nodeenv
+, six
+, toml
+, virtualenv
+}:
+
+buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "pre-commit";
   version = "1.18.1";
 
@@ -19,13 +32,13 @@ with python3Packages; buildPythonApplication rec {
     toml
     virtualenv
     importlib-metadata
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.7") importlib-resources
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.2") futures;
+  ] ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.7") importlib-resources
+    ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.2") futures;
 
-  # Tests fail due to a missing windll dependency
+  # slow and impure
   doCheck = false;
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks";
     homepage = https://pre-commit.com/;
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2dceba2763b1..e7c00f9d91ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5517,6 +5517,8 @@ in
 
   pptpd = callPackage ../tools/networking/pptpd {};
 
+  pre-commit = gitAndTools.pre-commit;
+
   prettyping = callPackage ../tools/networking/prettyping { };
 
   prey-bash-client = callPackage ../tools/security/prey { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b4bb0b46977f..677fea42b6f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1909,6 +1909,8 @@ in {
 
   pkginfo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pkginfo { };
 
+  pre-commit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pre-commit { };
+
   pretend = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pretend { };
 
   detox = callPackage ../development/python-modules/detox { };