diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/slint-lsp/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slint-lsp/package.nix
similarity index 83%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/misc/slint-lsp/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/sl/slint-lsp/package.nix
index f51b848a621af3..1958d22389a562 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/slint-lsp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slint-lsp/package.nix
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ let
 in
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "slint-lsp";
-  version = "1.5.1";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
   src = fetchCrate {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-wqAcHBHWtYavAakHLhHHCI+Yercgdtzo1EAOilsZOK0=";
+    hash = "sha256-Shgcjr0mlUNAobMAarZ7dFnXgPGzBHXs2KnUDT/8I2A=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-XjVXhXoGEhxWc+LZa0EsPiw3Gq2pg03YjKONTptSQvA=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-wyzrFg3hwsJ7SV8KGLKo+gNHzLFpnMx9/jgMalGkufY=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config fontconfig ];
   buildInputs = rpathLibs ++ [ xorg.libxcb.dev ]
@@ -46,10 +46,13 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     OpenGL
   ];
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux  ''
     patchelf --set-rpath ${lib.makeLibraryPath rpathLibs} $out/bin/slint-lsp
   '';
 
+  # Tests requires `i_slint_backend_testing` which is only a dev dependency
   dontPatchELF = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e98ee48b794fac..de02a9e0df6808 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18385,7 +18385,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   slimerjs = callPackage ../development/tools/slimerjs { };
 
-  slint-lsp = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/slint-lsp {
+  slint-lsp = callPackage ../by-name/sl/slint-lsp/package.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) AppKit CoreGraphics CoreServices CoreText Foundation OpenGL;
   };