diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/find-headers.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_classic/find-headers.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/find-headers.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_classic/find-headers.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_classic/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_classic/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_classic/setup-hook.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/setup-hook.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_classic/setup-hook.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5812fa981add..12cd1cdf919c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10182,8 +10182,9 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   SDL = SDL_compat;
+  SDL2 = SDL2_classic;
 
-  SDL2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/SDL2 {
+  SDL2_classic = callPackage ../by-name/sd/SDL2_classic/package.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AudioUnit Cocoa CoreAudio CoreServices ForceFeedback OpenGL;
   };