diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index 1cfef8254891..67c5a13421b0 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -374,6 +374,12 @@
           <literal>pkgs.theLoungePlugins.themes</literal>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The <literal>firmwareLinuxNonfree</literal> package has been
+          renamed to <literal>linux-firmware</literal>.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
 </section>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index 181630263217..35316a283190 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -134,3 +134,5 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   is set to `true`.
 
 - The option `services.thelounge.plugins` has been added to allow installing plugins for The Lounge. Plugins can be found in `pkgs.theLoungePlugins.plugins` and `pkgs.theLoungePlugins.themes`.
+
+- The `firmwareLinuxNonfree` package has been renamed to `linux-firmware`.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/all-firmware.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/all-firmware.nix
index ce87f9e8be8a..24d5b7bc2b29 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/all-firmware.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/all-firmware.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ in {
       type = types.bool;
       description = ''
         Turn on this option if you want to enable all the firmware with a license allowing redistribution.
-        (i.e. free firmware and <literal>firmware-linux-nonfree</literal>)
       '';
     };
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ in {
   config = mkMerge [
     (mkIf (cfg.enableAllFirmware || cfg.enableRedistributableFirmware) {
       hardware.firmware = with pkgs; [
-        firmwareLinuxNonfree
+        linux-firmware
         intel2200BGFirmware
         rtl8192su-firmware
         rt5677-firmware
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/firmware-linux-nonfree/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/default.nix
similarity index 96%
rename from pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/firmware-linux-nonfree/default.nix
rename to pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/default.nix
index ebe9b733e3d0..439cfb03a3b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/firmware-linux-nonfree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenvNoCC, fetchgit, lib }:
 
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "firmware-linux-nonfree";
+  pname = "linux-firmware";
   version = "20211216";
 
   src = fetchgit {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/microcode/amd.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/microcode/amd.nix
index 72f413f9cb66..cdb2912c4af6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/microcode/amd.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/microcode/amd.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, firmwareLinuxNonfree, libarchive }:
+{ lib, stdenv, linux-firmware, libarchive }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "amd-ucode-${firmwareLinuxNonfree.version}";
+  name = "amd-ucode-${linux-firmware.version}";
 
-  src = firmwareLinuxNonfree;
+  src = linux-firmware;
 
   sourceRoot = ".";
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildPhase = ''
     mkdir -p kernel/x86/microcode
-    find ${firmwareLinuxNonfree}/lib/firmware/amd-ucode -name \*.bin \
+    find ${linux-firmware}/lib/firmware/amd-ucode -name \*.bin \
       -exec sh -c 'cat {} >> kernel/x86/microcode/AuthenticAMD.bin' \;
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a3edb07ffbbb..823e6976a02d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   firefoxWrapper = firefox;           # 2015-09
 
   firestr = throw "firestr has been removed."; # added 2019-12-08
+  firmwareLinuxNonfree = linux-firmware; # added 2022-01-09
   fish-foreign-env = throw "fish-foreign-env has been replaced with fishPlugins.foreign-env"; # added 2020-12-29, modified 2021-01-10
   flameGraph = flamegraph; # added 2018-04-25
   flashplayer = throw "flashplayer has been removed as Adobe Flash Player is now deprecated."; # added 2021-02-07
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4342edbe07b8..0dadd8328b37 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22786,7 +22786,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   qemu_test = lowPrio (qemu.override { hostCpuOnly = true; nixosTestRunner = true; });
 
-  firmwareLinuxNonfree = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/firmware/firmware-linux-nonfree { };
+  linux-firmware = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/firmware/linux-firmware { };
 
   qmk-udev-rules = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/qmk-udev-rules { };