diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/puredata/expose-error.patch b/pkgs/by-name/pu/puredata/expose-error.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/audio/puredata/expose-error.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/pu/puredata/expose-error.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/puredata/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pu/puredata/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/audio/puredata/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/pu/puredata/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/puredata/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pu/puredata/wrapper.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/audio/puredata/wrapper.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/pu/puredata/wrapper.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f219668bf496..2431e91887a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12138,9 +12138,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pulseview = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/pulseview { };
 
-  puredata = callPackage ../applications/audio/puredata { };
   puredata-with-plugins =
-    plugins: callPackage ../applications/audio/puredata/wrapper.nix { inherit plugins; };
+    plugins: callPackage ../by-name/pu/puredata/wrapper.nix { inherit plugins; };
 
   pure-maps = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/pure-maps { };