diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ae/aerc/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ae/aerc/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/runtime-libexec.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ae/aerc/runtime-libexec.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc/runtime-libexec.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/ae/aerc/runtime-libexec.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index df60be4c35fe..b5928b2eec53 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1546,8 +1546,6 @@ with pkgs;
     wxGTK = wxGTK32;
   } // (config.aegisub or {}));
 
-  aerc = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/aerc { };
-
   aerospike = callPackage ../servers/nosql/aerospike { };
 
   aespipe = callPackage ../tools/security/aespipe { };