diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/graphene-hardened-malloc/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gr/graphene-hardened-malloc/package.nix
similarity index 89%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/graphene-hardened-malloc/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/gr/graphene-hardened-malloc/package.nix
index 48df439a1efb..50390917b816 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/graphene-hardened-malloc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/graphene-hardened-malloc/package.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
+{ fetchFromGitHub
+, lib
+, makeWrapper
 , python3
 , runCommand
-, makeWrapper
+, stdenv
 , stress-ng
 }:
 
@@ -18,18 +18,30 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     sha256 = "sha256-ujwzr4njNsf/VTyEq7zKHWxoivU3feavSTx+MLIj1ZM=";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
   nativeCheckInputs = [ python3 ];
   # these tests cover use as a build-time-linked library
   checkTarget = "test";
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    for VARIANT in default light; do make $makeFlags ''${enableParallelBuilding:+-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES} VARIANT=$VARIANT; done
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     install -Dm444 -t $out/include include/*
-    install -Dm444 -t $out/lib out/libhardened_malloc.so
+    install -Dm444 -t $out/lib out/libhardened_malloc.so out-light/libhardened_malloc-light.so
 
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     substitute preload.sh $out/bin/preload-hardened-malloc --replace "\$dir" $out/lib
     chmod 0555 $out/bin/preload-hardened-malloc
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   separateDebugInfo = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 68255c9fa231..920d6c601fce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18977,8 +18977,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   grail = callPackage ../development/libraries/grail { };
 
-  graphene-hardened-malloc = callPackage ../development/libraries/graphene-hardened-malloc { };
-
   graphene = callPackage ../development/libraries/graphene { };
 
   griffe = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication griffe;