diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
index 059730684c3..05d996865fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
@@ -53,4 +53,5 @@ mapAliases {
   triton = pkgs.triton; # Added 2023-05-06
   typescript = pkgs.typescript; # Added 2023-06-21
   vscode-langservers-extracted = pkgs.vscode-langservers-extracted; # Added 2023-05-27
+  zx = pkgs.zx; # added 2023-08-01
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
index 9c9a80b8f55..da2f95ab848 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
@@ -395,5 +395,4 @@
 , "yarn"
 , "yo"
 , "@zwave-js/server"
-, "zx"
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
index b853a502a6f..a05307fcc56 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
@@ -151836,79 +151836,4 @@ in
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
   };
-  zx = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
-    name = "zx";
-    packageName = "zx";
-    version = "7.2.3";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/zx/-/zx-7.2.3.tgz";
-      sha512 = "QODu38nLlYXg/B/Gw7ZKiZrvPkEsjPN3LQ5JFXM7h0JvwhEdPNNl+4Ao1y4+o3CLNiDUNcwzQYZ4/Ko7kKzCMA==";
-    };
-    dependencies = [
-      sources."@nodelib/fs.scandir-2.1.5"
-      sources."@nodelib/fs.stat-2.0.5"
-      sources."@nodelib/fs.walk-1.2.8"
-      sources."@types/fs-extra-11.0.1"
-      sources."@types/jsonfile-6.1.1"
-      sources."@types/minimist-1.2.2"
-      sources."@types/node-18.16.19"
-      sources."@types/ps-tree-1.1.2"
-      sources."@types/which-3.0.0"
-      sources."braces-3.0.2"
-      sources."chalk-5.3.0"
-      sources."data-uri-to-buffer-4.0.1"
-      sources."dir-glob-3.0.1"
-      sources."duplexer-0.1.2"
-      sources."event-stream-3.3.4"
-      sources."fast-glob-3.3.0"
-      sources."fastq-1.15.0"
-      sources."fetch-blob-3.2.0"
-      sources."fill-range-7.0.1"
-      sources."formdata-polyfill-4.0.10"
-      sources."from-0.1.7"
-      sources."fs-extra-11.1.1"
-      sources."fx-28.0.0"
-      sources."glob-parent-5.1.2"
-      sources."globby-13.2.2"
-      sources."graceful-fs-4.2.11"
-      sources."ignore-5.2.4"
-      sources."is-extglob-2.1.1"
-      sources."is-glob-4.0.3"
-      sources."is-number-7.0.0"
-      sources."isexe-2.0.0"
-      sources."jsonfile-6.1.0"
-      sources."map-stream-0.1.0"
-      sources."merge2-1.4.1"
-      sources."micromatch-4.0.5"
-      sources."minimist-1.2.8"
-      sources."node-domexception-1.0.0"
-      sources."node-fetch-3.3.1"
-      sources."path-type-4.0.0"
-      sources."pause-stream-0.0.11"
-      sources."picomatch-2.3.1"
-      sources."ps-tree-1.2.0"
-      sources."queue-microtask-1.2.3"
-      sources."reusify-1.0.4"
-      sources."run-parallel-1.2.0"
-      sources."slash-4.0.0"
-      sources."split-0.3.3"
-      sources."stream-combiner-0.0.4"
-      sources."through-2.3.8"
-      sources."to-regex-range-5.0.1"
-      sources."universalify-2.0.0"
-      sources."web-streams-polyfill-3.2.1"
-      sources."webpod-0.0.2"
-      sources."which-3.0.1"
-      sources."yaml-2.3.1"
-    ];
-    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
-    meta = {
-      description = "A tool for writing better scripts";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/google/zx#readme";
-      license = "Apache-2.0";
-    };
-    production = true;
-    bypassCache = true;
-    reconstructLock = true;
-  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/zx/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/zx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..857661c31f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/zx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildNpmPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage rec {
+  pname = "zx";
+  version = "7.2.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "google";
+    repo = "zx";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-YMfecNazmL8J+f80FdIRvr2upQ7VgXSkQQnm8z0Swhw=";
+  };
+
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-ywNd2LGjM35ecW4dnj0oNwdSX2CRy8i9OGKPIdI0UEQ=";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Tool for writing scripts using JavaScript";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/google/zx";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ hlolli ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f7d3617124f..bb6c180401e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -36527,7 +36527,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   zsteg = callPackage ../tools/security/zsteg { };
 
-  inherit (nodePackages) zx;
+  zx = callPackage ../tools/system/zx { };
 
   zxfer = callPackage ../applications/system/zxfer { };