diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libao/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libao/package.nix
similarity index 92%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/libao/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/li/libao/package.nix
index 9363e18da240..7e19c4782258 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libao/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libao/package.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   libpulseaudio,
   alsa-lib,
   libcap,
-  usePulseAudio,
+  config,
+  usePulseAudio ? config.pulseaudio or (lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform libpulseaudio),
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d4ff0f2b6fc1..7fa419238954 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7126,10 +7126,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   lcms = lcms2;
 
-  libao = callPackage ../development/libraries/libao {
-    usePulseAudio = config.pulseaudio or (lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform libpulseaudio);
-  };
-
   libappindicator-gtk2 = libappindicator.override { gtkVersion = "2"; };
   libappindicator-gtk3 = libappindicator.override { gtkVersion = "3"; };
   libasn1c = callPackage ../servers/osmocom/libasn1c/default.nix { };