diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/mkdocs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/documentation/mkdocs/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 87a04b56c607..c8e6e7060ba6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15103,7 +15103,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   mkcert = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/mkcert { };
 
-  mkdocs = callPackage ../development/tools/documentation/mkdocs { };
+  mkdocs = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication mkdocs;
 
   mmtf-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/chemistry/mmtf-cpp { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1c9f6fc733f3..90ff72621b4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5037,6 +5037,8 @@ in {
 
   mizani = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mizani { };
 
+  mkdocs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mkdocs { };
+
   mkl-service = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mkl-service { };
 
   ml-collections = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ml-collections { };