diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
index 4d221e970997..952aa2856370 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 , qt4
 , withQt5 ? false
 , qtbase
+, yelp-tools
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoconf
     automake
-    gnome3.yelp-tools
+    yelp-tools
     gnome3.yelp-xsl
     gobject-introspection
     gtk-doc
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/gobby/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/gobby/default.nix
index 3abe2834db46..f194227932d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/gobby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/gobby/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { avahiSupport ? false # build support for Avahi in libinfinity
-, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, pkgconfig, wrapGAppsHook
+, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, pkgconfig, wrapGAppsHook, yelp-tools
 , gtkmm3, gsasl, gtksourceview3, libxmlxx, libinfinity, intltool, itstool, gnome3 }:
 
 let
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0q7lq64yn16lxvj4jphs8y9194h0xppj8k7y9x8b276krraak2az";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake pkgconfig intltool itstool gnome3.yelp-tools wrapGAppsHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake pkgconfig intltool itstool yelp-tools wrapGAppsHook ];
   buildInputs = [ gtkmm3 gsasl gtksourceview3 libxmlxx libinf ];
 
   preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/glabels/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/glabels/default.nix
index 3bfd51d0370d..fef296f45be2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/glabels/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/glabels/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, barcode, gnome3, autoreconfHook
 , gtk3, gtk-doc, libxml2, librsvg , libtool, libe-book, gsettings-desktop-schemas
-, intltool, itstool, makeWrapper, pkgconfig
+, intltool, itstool, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, yelp-tools
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig makeWrapper intltool ];
   buildInputs = [
-    barcode gtk3 gtk-doc gnome3.yelp-tools
+    barcode gtk3 gtk-doc yelp-tools
     gnome3.gnome-common gsettings-desktop-schemas
     itstool libxml2 librsvg libe-book libtool
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix
index dad954900124..edb47e11dd7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, gettext, python3, fetchpatch,
-  pkgconfig, libxml2, json-glib , sqlite, itstool, librsvg,
+  pkgconfig, libxml2, json-glib , sqlite, itstool, librsvg, yelp-tools,
   vala, gtk3, gnome3, desktop-file-utils, wrapGAppsHook, gobject-introspection
 }:
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     itstool
     desktop-file-utils
     vala
-    gnome3.yelp-tools
+    yelp-tools
     wrapGAppsHook
     # For https://github.com/FontManager/master/blob/master/lib/unicode/meson.build
     gobject-introspection
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/glom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/glom/default.nix
index 9e71837c0f5d..b8f13d01424c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/glom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/glom/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 , postgresql
 , gnome3
 , gobject-introspection
+, yelp-tools
 , wrapGAppsHook
 }:
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libtool
     mm-common
     intltool
-    gnome3.yelp-tools
+    yelp-tools
     itstool
     doxygen
     graphviz
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 3b55cf86bd9e..1e138b1ba6cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   yelp-xsl = callPackage ./core/yelp-xsl { };
 
-  yelp-tools = callPackage ./core/yelp-tools { };
-
   zenity = callPackage ./core/zenity { };
 
 
@@ -360,4 +358,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   inherit (pkgs) gegl_0_4; # added 2019-10-31
 
   inherit (pkgs) gjs; # added 2019-01-05
+
+  inherit (pkgs) yelp-tools; # added 2019-11-20
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/yelp-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/misc/yelp-tools/default.nix
similarity index 88%
rename from pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/yelp-tools/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/misc/yelp-tools/default.nix
index 43863bf7f856..75754bec7a11 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/yelp-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/yelp-tools/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   passthru = {
-    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript { packageName = "yelp-tools"; attrPath = "gnome3.yelp-tools"; };
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+    };
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5937fc95a78d..7af5290cd6dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20439,7 +20439,6 @@ in
 
   orca = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/misc/orca {
     inherit (pkgs) pkgconfig;
-    inherit (gnome3) yelp-tools;
   };
 
   osm2xmap = callPackage ../applications/misc/osm2xmap {
@@ -22259,6 +22258,8 @@ in
 
   inherit (gnome3) yelp;
 
+  yelp-tools = callPackage ../development/misc/yelp-tools { };
+
   yokadi = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/misc/yokadi {};
 
   yoshimi = callPackage ../applications/audio/yoshimi { };