diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/uv/uv/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/uv/uv/package.nix
index d8e53eb32fba0..027dc511fb9bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/uv/uv/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/uv/uv/package.nix
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   installShellFiles,
   pkg-config,
-  python3Packages,
   rustPlatform,
   versionCheckHook,
   nix-update-script,
 }:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "uv";
   version = "0.5.4";
-  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "astral-sh";
@@ -22,17 +20,13 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-Kieh76RUrDEwdL04mvCXOqbXHasMMpXRqp0LwMOIHdM=";
   };
 
-  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoVendor {
-    inherit pname version src;
-    hash = "sha256-ZhHUKotXVDdwJs2kqIxME5I1FitWetx7FrQtluuIUWo=";
-  };
+  useFetchCargoVendor = true;
+  cargoHash = "sha256-ZhHUKotXVDdwJs2kqIxME5I1FitWetx7FrQtluuIUWo=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     installShellFiles
     pkg-config
-    rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
-    rustPlatform.maturinBuildHook
   ];
 
   dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
@@ -42,6 +36,8 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     "uv"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   postInstall = ''
     export HOME=$TMPDIR
     installShellCompletion --cmd uv \
@@ -50,8 +46,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
       --zsh <($out/bin/uv --generate-shell-completion zsh)
   '';
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "uv" ];
-
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     versionCheckHook
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..529b3b782bc97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  installShellFiles,
+  pkg-config,
+  rustPlatform,
+  pkgs,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  inherit (pkgs.uv)
+    pname
+    version
+    src
+    cargoDeps
+    dontUseCmakeConfigure
+    meta
+    cargoBuildFlags
+    postInstall
+    versionCheckProgramArg
+    ;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgs.cmake
+    installShellFiles
+    pkg-config
+    rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
+    rustPlatform.maturinBuildHook
+  ];
+
+  pyproject = true;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "uv" ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 86f156f8cffbf..679f9e689e6b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17395,9 +17395,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   uuid6 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uuid6 { };
 
-  uv = toPythonModule (pkgs.uv.override {
-    python3Packages = self;
-  });
+  uv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uv { };
 
   uvcclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uvcclient { };