diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/lame/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lame/default.nix
similarity index 98%
rename from pkgs/applications/audio/lame/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/lame/default.nix
index 6e27f3aa9547..abf05f4c1385 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/lame/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lame/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "LAME is a high quality MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder";
     homepage    = http://lame.sourceforge.net;
-    license     = licenses.lgpl;
+    license     = licenses.lgpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ codyopel ];
     platforms   = platforms.all;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2e1f2be94c33..6b7c1bce5941 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10581,7 +10581,7 @@ let
 
   kubernetes = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/kubernetes { };
 
-  lame = callPackage ../applications/audio/lame { };
+  lame = callPackage ../development/libraries/lame { };
 
   larswm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/larswm { };