diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b39ec2757c95b498cce0d282146a6b8dfe58ee95..143a3d8a4ce9c0f3b204beeee881381feea03298 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ __pycache__
 /safety-checker
 /octez-teztale-archiver
 /octez-teztale-server
-/octez-proto-manager
 /octez-agnostic-baker
 
 /src/riscv/riscv-sandbox*
diff --git a/src/bin_proto_manager/dune b/devtools/proto_manager/dune
similarity index 72%
rename from src/bin_proto_manager/dune
rename to devtools/proto_manager/dune
index 9f05e7a7a32fdf3a4b952ee4715e40108015d9ff..849cc06070b1d8f39d9989eaf9a1ccf51a9c38f9 100644
--- a/src/bin_proto_manager/dune
+++ b/devtools/proto_manager/dune
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 
 (executable
  (name main)
- (public_name octez-proto-manager)
- (package octez-proto-manager)
+ (public_name proto-manager)
+ (package proto-manager)
  (instrumentation (backend bisect_ppx))
  (libraries
   unix
-  cmdliner
-  octez-version.value)
+  cmdliner)
  (link_flags
   (:standard)
   (:include %{workspace_root}/static-link-flags.sexp)))
diff --git a/src/bin_proto_manager/log.ml b/devtools/proto_manager/log.ml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin_proto_manager/log.ml
rename to devtools/proto_manager/log.ml
diff --git a/src/bin_proto_manager/log.mli b/devtools/proto_manager/log.mli
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin_proto_manager/log.mli
rename to devtools/proto_manager/log.mli
diff --git a/src/bin_proto_manager/main.ml b/devtools/proto_manager/main.ml
similarity index 92%
rename from src/bin_proto_manager/main.ml
rename to devtools/proto_manager/main.ml
index eafe8e5300eaa12e301e73bea62367d0decc8bc7..43d3934f8be774017cd4fb0ff40feb54c88686d3 100644
--- a/src/bin_proto_manager/main.ml
+++ b/devtools/proto_manager/main.ml
@@ -44,12 +44,7 @@ let cmd =
     "help to automatize most of the process involved in the new \
      stabilisation/release of protocol amendments"
   in
-  let info =
-    Cmd.info
-      "octez-proto-manager"
-      ~version:Tezos_version_value.Bin_version.octez_version_string
-      ~doc
-  in
+  let info = Cmd.info "proto-manager" ~version:"0.1" ~doc in
   Cmd.group info [stabilise; snapshot; hash]
 
 let () = exit (Cmd.eval cmd)
diff --git a/src/bin_proto_manager/proto_manager.ml b/devtools/proto_manager/proto_manager.ml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin_proto_manager/proto_manager.ml
rename to devtools/proto_manager/proto_manager.ml
diff --git a/dune-project b/dune-project
index 8bcf6ba4bfdef91c9081ee144fe0b0c1e834aa38..921b8f49b69b6ec4b1b6c0a9a591f6dfe9cdbb2c 100644
--- a/dune-project
+++ b/dune-project
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 (package (name octez-node))
 (package (name octez-node-config))
 (package (name octez-proto-libs))
-(package (name octez-proto-manager))
 (package (name octez-protocol-000-Ps9mPmXa-libs))
 (package (name octez-protocol-001-PtCJ7pwo-libs))
 (package (name octez-protocol-002-PsYLVpVv-libs))
@@ -88,6 +87,7 @@
 (package (name octez-teztale))
 (package (name octez-version))
 (package (name octogram))
+(package (name proto-manager))
 (package (name tezos-benchmark))
 (package (name tezos-benchmark-020-PsParisC))
 (package (name tezos-benchmark-021-PsquebeC))
diff --git a/manifest/product_octez.ml b/manifest/product_octez.ml
index fc5148073ed7fdffa7fd0b2bd9d15a0b767cb567..b0cc0d4b852512a20cb63624572fc7f464f39021 100644
--- a/manifest/product_octez.ml
+++ b/manifest/product_octez.ml
@@ -4306,14 +4306,6 @@ let _octogram_bin =
         yaml;
       ]
 
-let _octez_proto_manager =
-  public_exe
-    "octez-proto-manager"
-    ~path:"src/bin_proto_manager"
-    ~internal_name:"main"
-    ~synopsis:"Tezos protocol manager"
-    ~deps:[unix; cmdliner; octez_version_value]
-
 let octez_openapi =
   public_lib
     "tezos-openapi"
diff --git a/manifest/product_tooling.ml b/manifest/product_tooling.ml
index cde976488e3658c94f67da8faf2c351aa44e0243..644947b3842f45f7427d33bd3f80326a7b40f2a4 100644
--- a/manifest/product_tooling.ml
+++ b/manifest/product_tooling.ml
@@ -73,3 +73,11 @@ let _benchmark_tools_occupy_memory =
     ~deps:[]
     ~static:false
     ~bisect_ppx:No
+
+let _octez_proto_manager =
+  public_exe
+    "proto-manager"
+    ~path:"devtools/proto_manager"
+    ~internal_name:"main"
+    ~synopsis:"Tezos protocol manager"
+    ~deps:[unix; cmdliner]
diff --git a/opam/octez-proto-manager.opam b/opam/proto-manager.opam
similarity index 94%
rename from opam/octez-proto-manager.opam
rename to opam/proto-manager.opam
index 6f812e3d670209bd6dd81e94cc898f24d3b2601f..ce1835bdc58a2c2c6689b0b884b2673eeb47da3d 100644
--- a/opam/octez-proto-manager.opam
+++ b/opam/proto-manager.opam
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ depends: [
   "ocaml" { >= "4.14" }
   "base-unix"
   "cmdliner" { >= "1.1.0" }
-  "octez-version" { = version }
 ]
 build: [
   ["rm" "-r" "vendors" "contrib"]
diff --git a/script-inputs/dev-executables b/script-inputs/dev-executables
index a8c548b8832cf3553c6f1cd1a383856dba9683d9..809b24b55955a758341589d474870425e00e5940 100644
--- a/script-inputs/dev-executables
+++ b/script-inputs/dev-executables
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 octez-protocol-compiler
 octez-snoop
-octez-proto-manager
diff --git a/tezt/lib_tezos/constant.ml b/tezt/lib_tezos/constant.ml
index 9c4425d73cb2c7fd4a883b412aa46065c600cec3..1680e93efc2f9370aeb9bd6616e91c548a562048 100644
--- a/tezt/lib_tezos/constant.ml
+++ b/tezt/lib_tezos/constant.ml
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@ module WASM = struct
     Uses.make ~tag:"tx_kernel_dal" ~path:"tx_kernel_dal.wasm" ()
 end
 
-let _octez_proto_manager =
-  Uses.make ~tag:"proto_manager" ~path:"./octez-proto-manager"
-
 (* TODO: tezos/tezos#4803
    Can we do better than to depend on script-inputs?
 *)