diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ax/axel/package.nix
similarity index 98%
rename from pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ax/axel/package.nix
index 9c06651ff328..9183e500511e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ax/axel/package.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   autoconf-archive,
   pkg-config,
   gettext,
-  libssl,
+  openssl,
   txt2man,
 }:
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [
     gettext
-    libssl
+    openssl
   ];
 
   installFlags = [ "ETCDIR=${placeholder "out"}/etc" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cb7b195c2e66..c9f3fed0ac60 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1559,10 +1559,6 @@ with pkgs;
     withLibdnssdCompat = true;
   };
 
-  axel = callPackage ../tools/networking/axel {
-    libssl = openssl;
-  };
-
   babelfish = callPackage ../shells/fish/babelfish.nix { };
 
   bat-extras = recurseIntoAttrs (lib.makeScope newScope (import ../tools/misc/bat-extras));