diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcre/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/pc/pcre/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/stacksize-detection.patch b/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcre/stacksize-detection.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/stacksize-detection.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/pc/pcre/stacksize-detection.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bf311355aa45..17b811f21b5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7005,9 +7005,8 @@ with pkgs;
     openssl_4_0
     ;
 
-  pcre = callPackage ../development/libraries/pcre { };
   # pcre32 seems unused
-  pcre-cpp = res.pcre.override { variant = "cpp"; };
+  pcre-cpp = pcre.override { variant = "cpp"; };
 
   pcre2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/pcre2 { };