diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 4941414841..eb0ea41ca4 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   %D%/packages/xdisorg.scm			\
   %D%/packages/xorg.scm				\
   %D%/packages/xfce.scm				\
-  %D%/packages/yasm.scm				\
   %D%/packages/yubico.scm			\
   %D%/packages/zile.scm				\
   %D%/packages/zip.scm				\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/assembly.scm b/gnu/packages/assembly.scm
index 0c0b1da344..575856a13e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/assembly.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/assembly.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -23,7 +25,9 @@
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ghostscript)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages xml))
 
 (define-public nasm
   (package
@@ -59,3 +63,31 @@ complex.  It supports all currently known x86 architectural extensions, and
 has strong support for macros.")
     (supported-systems '("x86_64-linux" "i686-linux"))
     (license license:bsd-3)))
+
+(define-public yasm
+  (package
+    (name "yasm")
+    (version "1.3.0")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append
+                    "http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-"
+                    version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0gv0slmm0qpq91za3v2v9glff3il594x5xsrbgab7xcmnh0ndkix"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     `(("python" ,python-wrapper)
+       ("xmlto" ,xmlto)))
+    (home-page "http://yasm.tortall.net/")
+    (synopsis "Rewrite of the NASM assembler")
+    (description
+     "Yasm is a complete rewrite of the NASM assembler.
+
+Yasm currently supports the x86 and AMD64 instruction sets, accepts NASM
+and GAS assembler syntaxes, outputs binary, ELF32, ELF64, 32 and 64-bit
+Mach-O, RDOFF2, COFF, Win32, and Win64 object formats, and generates source
+debugging information in STABS, DWARF 2, and CodeView 8 formats.")
+    (license (license:non-copyleft "file://COPYING"
+                                   "See COPYING in the distribution."))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/yasm.scm b/gnu/packages/yasm.scm
deleted file mode 100644
index 31a9083cdf..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/yasm.scm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
-;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
-;;;
-;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
-;;;
-;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
-;;; your option) any later version.
-;;;
-;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-;;;
-;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-(define-module (gnu packages yasm)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages)
-  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
-  #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix download)
-  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages python)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages xml))
-
-(define-public yasm
-  (package
-    (name "yasm")
-    (version "1.3.0")
-    (source
-     (origin
-      (method url-fetch)
-      (uri (string-append "http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-"
-                          version ".tar.gz"))
-      (sha256
-       (base32
-        "0gv0slmm0qpq91za3v2v9glff3il594x5xsrbgab7xcmnh0ndkix"))))
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (inputs
-     `(("python" ,python-wrapper)
-       ("xmlto" ,xmlto)))
-    (home-page "http://yasm.tortall.net/")
-    (synopsis "Rewrite of the NASM assembler")
-    (description
-     "Yasm is a complete rewrite of the NASM assembler.
-
-Yasm currently supports the x86 and AMD64 instruction sets, accepts NASM
-and GAS assembler syntaxes, outputs binary, ELF32, ELF64, 32 and 64-bit
-Mach-O, RDOFF2, COFF, Win32, and Win64 object formats, and generates source
-debugging information in STABS, DWARF 2, and CodeView 8 formats.")
-    (license (license:non-copyleft "file://COPYING"
-                                "See COPYING in the distribution."))))