diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/protocol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/protocol/default.nix
similarity index 85%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/protocol/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/networking/protocol/default.nix
index f8ff177437c3..305aceec62b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/protocol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/protocol/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "protocol";
   version = "20171226";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f983a93e339a..86289063f4c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20344,6 +20344,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pt = callPackage ../applications/misc/pt { };
 
+  protocol = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/networking/protocol { };
+
   pykms = callPackage ../tools/networking/pykms { };
 
   pyload = callPackage ../applications/networking/pyload {};
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c17112e623c0..dffdb1feee62 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20374,8 +20374,6 @@ EOF
 
   trezor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/trezor { };
 
-  protocol = callPackage ../development/python-modules/protocol { };
-
   trezor_agent = buildPythonPackage rec{
     name = "${pname}-${version}";
     pname = "trezor_agent";