diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/hy/builder.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/hy/builder.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6757f859ac1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/hy/builder.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, python3Packages
-, hyDefinedPythonPackages /* Packages like with python.withPackages */
-, ...
-}:
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  pname = "hy";
-  version = "1.0a1";
-
-  src = python3Packages.fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-lCrbvbkeutSNmvvn/eHpTnJwPb5aEH7hWTXYSE+AJmU=";
-  };
-
-  checkInputs = with python3Packages; [ flake8 pytest ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
-    appdirs
-    astor
-    clint
-    colorama
-    fastentrypoints
-    funcparserlib
-    rply
-    pygments
-  ] ++ (hyDefinedPythonPackages python3Packages);
-
-  # Hy does not include tests in the source distribution from PyPI, so only test executable.
-  checkPhase = ''
-    $out/bin/hy --help > /dev/null
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A LISP dialect embedded in Python";
-    homepage = "https://hylang.org/";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nixy mazurel ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/hy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/hy/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f5d80c11d71..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/hy/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, callPackage
-, hyDefinedPythonPackages ? python-packages: [] /* Packages like with python.withPackages */
-}:
-let
-  withPackages = (
-    python-packages: callPackage ./builder.nix {
-      hyDefinedPythonPackages = python-packages;
-    }
-  );
-in
-(withPackages hyDefinedPythonPackages) // {
-  # Export withPackages function for hy customization
-  inherit withPackages;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hy/default.nix
index 63625bd7ee6..a962f86854f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hy/default.nix
@@ -4,31 +4,44 @@
 , colorama
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , funcparserlib
+, hy
 , pytestCheckHook
+, python
 , pythonOlder
 , rply
+, testers
+, toPythonApplication
+, hyDefinedPythonPackages ? python-packages: [ ] /* Packages like with python.withPackages */
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "hy";
-  version = "1.0a3";
+  version = "1.0a4";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "hylang";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1dqw24rvsps2nab1pbjjm1c81vrs34r4kkk691h3xdyxnv9hb84b";
+    sha256 = "sha256-MBzp3jqBg/kH233wcgYYHc+Yg9GuOaBsXIfjFDihD1E=";
   };
 
+  # https://github.com/hylang/hy/blob/1.0a4/get_version.py#L9-L10
+  HY_VERSION = version;
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     colorama
     funcparserlib
-    rply
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.9") [
+    rply # TODO: remove on the next release
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.9") [
     astor
-  ];
+  ]
+  # for backwards compatibility with removed pkgs/development/interpreters/hy
+  # See: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/171428
+  ++ (hyDefinedPythonPackages python.pkgs);
 
   checkInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
@@ -43,10 +56,22 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "hy" ];
 
+  passthru = {
+    tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = hy;
+      command = "hy -v";
+    };
+    # also for backwards compatibility with removed pkgs/development/interpreters/hy
+    withPackages = python-packages: (toPythonApplication hy).override {
+      hyDefinedPythonPackages = python-packages;
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Python to/from Lisp layer";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/hylang/hy";
+    description = "A LISP dialect embedded in Python";
+    homepage = "https://hylang.org/";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/hylang/hy/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab mazurel nixy thiagokokada ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyrule/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyrule/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46ed096486b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyrule/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, hy
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "hyrule";
+  version = "0.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hylang";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-sqS5vOcbln+Vfv/Ji/8rJ4GTQpXIuhgf+MukjV0Kkuw=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    hy
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  # Some tests depends on hy on PATH
+  preCheck = "PATH=${hy}/bin:$PATH";
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "hyrule" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Hyrule is a utility library for the Hy programming language";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/hylang/hyrule";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/hylang/hylure/releases/tag/${version}";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thiagokokada ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7521d132290..c89dea3449c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -35058,7 +35058,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   simplenote = callPackage ../applications/misc/simplenote { };
 
-  hy = callPackage ../development/interpreters/hy {};
+  hy = python3Packages.hy.withPackages (python-packages: [ ]);
 
   wmic-bin = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/plugins/wmic-bin.nix { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ba279cd37da..a6963c11358 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4002,6 +4002,8 @@ in {
 
   hyppo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hyppo { };
 
+  hyrule = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hyrule { };
+
   i2c-tools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/i2c-tools {
     inherit (pkgs) i2c-tools;
   };