diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d3edd6d58559..736288e9d176 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   avfs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/avfs { };
 
-  awscli = pythonPackages.callPackage ../tools/admin/awscli { };
+  awscli = pythonPackages.awscli;
 
   awsebcli = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/awsebcli {};
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 06f83371509c..9134bf41cb24 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ in {
 
   aws-xray-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aws-xray-sdk { };
 
+  awscli = callPackage ../tools/admin/awscli { };
+
   # packages defined elsewhere
 
   backports_csv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_csv {};