diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 56695574a9fa..717471b815ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11993,7 +11993,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   mysql = mariadb;
-  libmysql = mysql.client; # `libmysql` is a slight misnomer ATM
+  libmysql = mysql.connector-c; # `libmysql` is a slight misnomer ATM
 
   mysql_jdbc = callPackage ../servers/sql/mysql/jdbc { };