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-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/office/kexi/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/still.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/build.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/hhvm/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/neko/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/urweb/default.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/cppdb/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/kdb/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libagar/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libdbi-drivers/default.nix10
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/redland.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/opendbx/default.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/poco/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix12
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/tntdb/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/unixODBCDrivers/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/wt/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mysql/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-mysql/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/pure-modules/glpk/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/mysqlclient/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/sysbench/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/tora/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/games/zod/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/clickhouse/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/freeradius/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix12
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/extras.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/mail/postfix/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/monitoring/plugins/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/server.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/tools/backup/mydumper/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/tools/networking/kea/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/tools/networking/mailutils/default.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/tools/networking/maxscale/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/tools/security/thc-hydra/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix9
62 files changed, 173 insertions, 172 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix
index 360d94d1b82..562a5e616a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, flex, bison, pkgconfig, zlib, libtiff, libpng, fftw
 , cairo, readline, ffmpeg, makeWrapper, wxGTK30, netcdf, blas
-, proj, gdal, geos, sqlite, postgresql, mysql, python2Packages, libLAS, proj-datumgrid
+, proj, gdal, geos, sqlite, postgresql, libmysqlclient, python2Packages, libLAS, proj-datumgrid
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ flex bison zlib proj gdal libtiff libpng fftw sqlite cairo proj
-  readline ffmpeg makeWrapper wxGTK30 netcdf geos postgresql mysql.connector-c blas
+  readline ffmpeg makeWrapper wxGTK30 netcdf geos postgresql libmysqlclient blas
   libLAS proj-datumgrid ]
     ++ (with python2Packages; [ python dateutil wxPython30 numpy ]);
 
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-postgres-libs=${postgresql.lib}/lib/"
     # it complains about missing libmysqld but doesn't really seem to need it
     "--with-mysql"
-    "--with-mysql-includes=${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql"
-    "--with-mysql-libs=${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql"
+    "--with-mysql-includes=${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql"
+    "--with-mysql-libs=${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql"
     "--with-blas"
     "--with-liblas=${libLAS}/bin/liblas-config"
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/kexi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/kexi/default.nix
index adad5c8680f..a4d8318d49a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/kexi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/kexi/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   breeze-icons, karchive, kcodecs, kcompletion, kconfig, kconfigwidgets, kcoreaddons,
   kcrash, kguiaddons, ki18n, kiconthemes, kitemviews, kio, ktexteditor, ktextwidgets,
   kwidgetsaddons, kxmlgui,
-  kdb, kproperty, kreport, lcms2, mysql, marble, postgresql
+  kdb, kproperty, kreport, lcms2, libmysqlclient, marble, postgresql
 }:
 
 mkDerivation rec {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     breeze-icons karchive kcodecs kcompletion kconfig kconfigwidgets kcoreaddons
     kcrash kguiaddons ki18n kiconthemes kitemviews kio ktexteditor ktextwidgets
     kwidgetsaddons kxmlgui
-    kdb kproperty kreport lcms2 mysql.connector-c marble postgresql
+    kdb kproperty kreport lcms2 libmysqlclient marble postgresql
   ];
 
   propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ kproperty ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
index f5f53e10496..a459302177b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , bison, flex, zip, unzip, gtk3, gtk2, libmspack, getopt, file, cairo, which
 , icu, boost, jdk, ant, cups, xorg, libcmis, fontforge
 , openssl, gperf, cppunit, GConf, ORBit2, poppler, utillinux
-, librsvg, gnome_vfs, libGLU_combined, bsh, CoinMP, libwps, libabw, mysql
+, librsvg, gnome_vfs, libGLU_combined, bsh, CoinMP, libwps, libabw, libmysqlclient
 , autoconf, automake, openldap, bash, hunspell, librdf_redland, nss, nspr
 , libwpg, dbus-glib, qt4, clucene_core, libcdr, lcms, vigra
 , unixODBC, mdds, sane-backends, mythes, libexttextcat, libvisio
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       libmspack librdf_redland librsvg libsndfile libvisio libwpd libwpg libX11
       libXaw libXext libXi libXinerama libxml2 libxslt libXtst
       libXdmcp libpthreadstubs libGLU_combined mythes gst_all_1.gstreamer
-      gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base glib mysql.connector-c
+      gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base glib libmysqlclient
       neon nspr nss openldap openssl ORBit2 pam perl pkgconfig poppler
       python3 sablotron sane-backends unzip vigra which zip zlib
       mdds bluez5 libcmis libwps libabw libzmf
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/still.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/still.nix
index eb774a30941..4739d526558 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/still.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/still.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , bison, flex, zip, unzip, gtk3, gtk2, libmspack, getopt, file, cairo, which
 , icu, boost, jdk, ant, cups, xorg, libcmis, fontforge
 , openssl, gperf, cppunit, GConf, ORBit2, poppler, utillinux
-, librsvg, gnome_vfs, libGLU_combined, bsh, CoinMP, libwps, libabw, mysql
+, librsvg, gnome_vfs, libGLU_combined, bsh, CoinMP, libwps, libabw, libmysqlclient
 , autoconf, automake, openldap, bash, hunspell, librdf_redland, nss, nspr
 , libwpg, dbus-glib, qt4, clucene_core, libcdr, lcms, vigra
 , unixODBC, mdds, sane-backends, mythes, libexttextcat, libvisio
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       libmspack librdf_redland librsvg libsndfile libvisio libwpd libwpg libX11
       libXaw libXext libXi libXinerama libxml2 libxslt libXtst
       libXdmcp libpthreadstubs libGLU_combined mythes gst_all_1.gstreamer
-      gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base glib mysql.connector-c
+      gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base glib libmysqlclient
       neon nspr nss openldap openssl ORBit2 pam perl poppler
       python3 sablotron sane-backends unzip vigra which zip zlib
       mdds bluez5 libcmis libwps libabw libzmf
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix
index 4de683cdce9..1cd5e364208 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/glsurf/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ocamlPackages, libGLU_combined, freeglut
-, mysql, mpfr, gmp, libtiff, libjpeg, libpng, giflib
+, libmysqlclient, mpfr, gmp, libtiff, libjpeg, libpng, giflib
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0w8xxfnw2snflz8wdr2ca9f5g91w5vbyp1hwlx1v7vg83d4bwqs7";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ freeglut libGLU_combined mysql.connector-c mpfr gmp
+  buildInputs = [ freeglut libGLU_combined libmysqlclient mpfr gmp
     libtiff libjpeg libpng giflib ]
   ++ (with ocamlPackages; [
     ocaml findlib ocaml_mysql lablgl camlimages_4_0 mlgmpidl
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix
index 773c63b0036..7953cde2413 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 , libmpeg2, libsamplerate, libmad
 , libogg, libvorbis, flac, libxslt
 , lzo, libcdio, libmodplug, libass, libbluray
-, sqlite, mysql, nasm, gnutls, libva, libdrm
+, sqlite, libmysqlclient, nasm, gnutls, libva, libdrm
 , curl, bzip2, zip, unzip, glxinfo, xdpyinfo
 , libcec, libcec_platform, dcadec, libuuid
 , libcrossguid, libmicrohttpd
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
       libmpeg2 libsamplerate libmad
       libogg libvorbis flac libxslt systemd
       lzo libcdio libmodplug libass libbluray
-      sqlite mysql.connector-c avahi lame
+      sqlite libmysqlclient avahi lame
       curl bzip2 zip unzip glxinfo xdpyinfo
       libcec libcec_platform dcadec libuuid
       libgcrypt libgpgerror libunistring
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/build.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/build.nix
index 9ef650c330f..b5ccbca6f7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/build.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, makeStaticLibraries,
   coreutils, rsync, bash,
-  openssl, zlib, sqlite, libxml2, libyaml, mysql, lmdb, leveldb, postgresql,
+  openssl, zlib, sqlite, libxml2, libyaml, libmysqlclient, lmdb, leveldb, postgresql,
   version, git-version, gambit, src }:
 
 # TODO: distinct packages for gerbil-release and gerbil-devel
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit src;
 
   # Use makeStaticLibraries to enable creation of statically linked binaries
-  buildInputs_libraries = [ openssl zlib sqlite libxml2 libyaml mysql.connector-c lmdb leveldb postgresql ];
+  buildInputs_libraries = [ openssl zlib sqlite libxml2 libyaml libmysqlclient lmdb leveldb postgresql ];
   buildInputs_staticLibraries = map makeStaticLibraries buildInputs_libraries;
 
   buildInputs = [ gambit rsync bash ]
     ++ buildInputs_libraries ++ buildInputs_staticLibraries;
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql" "-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql" ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql" "-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql" ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     echo '(define (gerbil-version-string) "v${git-version}")' > src/gerbil/runtime/gx-version.scm
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ZLIB=${makeStaticLibraries zlib}/lib/libz.a
 # SQLITE=${makeStaticLibraries sqlite}/lib/sqlite.a # MISSING!
 # LIBXML2=${makeStaticLibraries libxml2}/lib/libxml2.a # MISSING!
 # YAML=${makeStaticLibraries libyaml}/lib/libyaml.a # MISSING!
-MYSQL=${makeStaticLibraries mysql.connector-c}/lib/mariadb/libmariadb.a
+MYSQL=${makeStaticLibraries libmysqlclient}/lib/mariadb/libmariadb.a
 # LMDB=${makeStaticLibraries lmdb}/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a # MISSING!
 LEVELDB=${makeStaticLibraries lmdb}/lib/libleveldb.a
 EOF
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/hhvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/hhvm/default.nix
index 24e88f9ee2e..7066744bb54 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/hhvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/hhvm/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , pcre, libevent, gd, curl, libxml2, icu, flex, bison, openssl, zlib, php
 , expat, libcap, oniguruma, libdwarf, libmcrypt, tbb, gperftools, glog, libkrb5
 , bzip2, openldap, readline, libelf, uwimap, binutils, cyrus_sasl, pam, libpng
-, libxslt, freetype, gdb, git, perl, mysql, gmp, libyaml, libedit
+, libxslt, freetype, gdb, git, perl, libmysqlclient, gmp, libyaml, libedit
 , libvpx, imagemagick, fribidi, gperf, which, ocamlPackages
 }:
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ cmake pkgconfig boost libunwind mysql.connector-c libmemcached pcre gdb git perl
+    [ cmake pkgconfig boost libunwind libmysqlclient libmemcached pcre gdb git perl
       libevent gd curl libxml2 icu flex bison openssl zlib php expat libcap
       oniguruma libdwarf libmcrypt tbb gperftools bzip2 openldap readline
       libelf uwimap binutils cyrus_sasl pam glog libpng libxslt libkrb5
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/neko/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/neko/default.nix
index 74ccaac388f..79c4aacbed5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/neko/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/neko/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, boehmgc, zlib, sqlite, pcre, cmake, pkgconfig
-, git, apacheHttpd, apr, aprutil, mysql, mbedtls, openssl, pkgs, gtk2, libpthreadstubs
+, git, apacheHttpd, apr, aprutil, libmysqlclient, mbedtls, openssl, pkgs, gtk2, libpthreadstubs
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig git ];
   buildInputs =
     [ boehmgc zlib sqlite pcre apacheHttpd apr aprutil
-      mysql.connector-c mbedtls openssl libpthreadstubs ]
+      libmysqlclient mbedtls openssl libpthreadstubs ]
       ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux gtk2
       ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security
                                                 pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Carbon];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/urweb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/urweb/default.nix
index 01d4972a55d..31381aac741 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/urweb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/urweb/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, file, openssl, mlton
-, mysql, postgresql, sqlite, gcc, icu
+, libmysqlclient, postgresql, sqlite, gcc, icu
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1cl0x0sy7w1lazszc8q06q3wx0x0rczxh27vimrsw54s6s9y096s";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ openssl mlton mysql.connector-c postgresql sqlite icu ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl mlton libmysqlclient postgresql sqlite icu ];
 
   prePatch = ''
     sed -e 's@/usr/bin/file@${file}/bin/file@g' -i configure
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preConfigure = ''
     export PGHEADER="${postgresql}/include/libpq-fe.h";
-    export MSHEADER="${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql/mysql.h";
+    export MSHEADER="${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql/mysql.h";
     export SQHEADER="${sqlite.dev}/include/sqlite3.h";
 
     export CC="${gcc}/bin/gcc";
     export CCARGS="-I$out/include \
                    -L${openssl.out}/lib \
-                   -L${mysql.connector-c}/lib \
+                   -L${libmysqlclient}/lib \
                    -L${postgresql.lib}/lib \
                    -L${sqlite.out}/lib";
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index 29483b56a7d..6a78286fc10 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
 
   # Use the default version of mysql to build this package (which is actually mariadb).
   # test phase requires networking
-  mysql = dontCheck (super.mysql.override { mysql = pkgs.mysql.connector-c; });
+  mysql = dontCheck (super.mysql.override { mysql = pkgs.libmysqlclient; });
 
   # CUDA needs help finding the SDK headers and libraries.
   cuda = overrideCabal super.cuda (drv: {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
index 9a82868b7b3..508339d0da6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # pcre functionality is tested in nixos/tests/php-pcre.nix
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, bison, libtool, pkgconfig, re2c
-, mysql, libxml2, readline, zlib, curl, postgresql, gettext
+, libmysqlclient, libxml2, readline, zlib, curl, postgresql, gettext
 , openssl, pcre, pcre2, sqlite, config, libjpeg, libpng, freetype
 , libxslt, libmcrypt, bzip2, icu, openldap, cyrus_sasl, libmhash, unixODBC
 , uwimap, pam, gmp, apacheHttpd, libiconv, systemd, libsodium, html-tidy, libargon2
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ let
   }:
 
     let
-      mysqlBuildInputs = optional (!mysqlndSupport) mysql.connector-c;
+      mysqlBuildInputs = optional (!mysqlndSupport) libmysqlclient;
       libmcrypt' = libmcrypt.override { disablePosixThreads = true; };
     in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ let
       ++ optional postgresqlSupport "--with-pgsql=${postgresql}"
       ++ optional pdo_odbcSupport "--with-pdo-odbc=unixODBC,${unixODBC}"
       ++ optional pdo_pgsqlSupport "--with-pdo-pgsql=${postgresql}"
-      ++ optional pdo_mysqlSupport "--with-pdo-mysql=${if mysqlndSupport then "mysqlnd" else mysql.connector-c}"
+      ++ optional pdo_mysqlSupport "--with-pdo-mysql=${if mysqlndSupport then "mysqlnd" else libmysqlclient}"
       ++ optionals mysqliSupport [
-        "--with-mysqli=${if mysqlndSupport then "mysqlnd" else "${mysql.connector-c}/bin/mysql_config"}"
+        "--with-mysqli=${if mysqlndSupport then "mysqlnd" else "${libmysqlclient}/bin/mysql_config"}"
       ]
       ++ optional ( pdo_mysqlSupport || mysqliSupport ) "--with-mysql-sock=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
       ++ optional bcmathSupport "--enable-bcmath"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cppdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cppdb/default.nix
index 737122c57bf..a21b3cc93fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cppdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cppdb/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, sqlite, mysql, postgresql, unixODBC }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, sqlite, libmysqlclient, postgresql, unixODBC }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cppdb";
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake sqlite mysql.connector-c postgresql unixODBC ];
+  buildInputs = [ cmake sqlite libmysqlclient postgresql unixODBC ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "--no-warn-unused-cli" ];
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql" "-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql" ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql" "-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://cppcms.com/sql/cppdb/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix
index baf847d4e0a..d41b4c55f86 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, unzip, libjpeg, libtiff, zlib
-, postgresql, mysql, libgeotiff, pythonPackages, proj, geos, openssl
+, postgresql, libmysqlclient, libgeotiff, pythonPackages, proj, geos, openssl
 , libpng, sqlite, libspatialite, poppler, hdf4, qhull, giflib, expat
 , libiconv, libxml2
 , netcdfSupport ? true, netcdf, hdf5, curl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-poppler=${poppler.dev}" # optional
     "--with-libz=${zlib.dev}"       # optional
     "--with-pg=${postgresql}/bin/pg_config"
-    "--with-mysql=${mysql.connector-c or mysql}/bin/mysql_config"
+    "--with-mysql=${libmysqlclient}/bin/mysql_config"
     "--with-geotiff=${libgeotiff.dev}"
     "--with-sqlite3=${sqlite.dev}"
     "--with-spatialite=${libspatialite}"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
index 413d4e19dde..bb53277075f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, unzip, libjpeg, libtiff, zlib
-, postgresql, mysql, libgeotiff, pythonPackages, proj, geos, openssl
+, postgresql, libmysqlclient, libgeotiff, pythonPackages, proj, geos, openssl
 , libpng, sqlite, libspatialite, poppler, hdf4, qhull, giflib, expat
 , libiconv, libxml2, autoreconfHook
 , netcdfSupport ? true, netcdf, hdf5, curl
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-poppler=${poppler.dev}" # optional
     "--with-libz=${zlib.dev}"       # optional
     "--with-pg=${postgresql}/bin/pg_config"
-    "--with-mysql=${mysql.connector-c or mysql}/bin/mysql_config"
+    "--with-mysql=${libmysqlclient}/bin/mysql_config"
     "--with-geotiff=${libgeotiff}"
     "--with-sqlite3=${sqlite.dev}"
     "--with-spatialite=${libspatialite}"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kdb/default.nix
index 4a403a19964..03eabc6447b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kdb/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   mkDerivation, lib, fetchurl,
   extra-cmake-modules,
-  qtbase, qttranslations, kcoreaddons, python2, sqlite, postgresql, mysql
+  qtbase, qttranslations, kcoreaddons, python2, sqlite, postgresql, libmysqlclient
 }:
 
 mkDerivation rec {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ qttranslations kcoreaddons python2 sqlite postgresql mysql.connector-c ];
+  buildInputs = [ qttranslations kcoreaddons python2 sqlite postgresql libmysqlclient ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libagar/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libagar/default.nix
index 48fb0f1153e..630b1712158 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libagar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libagar/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libtool, perl, bsdbuild, gettext, mandoc
 , libpng, libjpeg, xlibsWrapper, libXinerama, freetype, SDL, libGLU_combined
-, libsndfile, portaudio, mysql, fontconfig
+, libsndfile, portaudio, libmysqlclient, fontconfig
 }:
 
 let srcs = import ./srcs.nix { inherit fetchurl; }; in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "--with-gettext=${gettext}"
     "--with-jpeg=${libjpeg.dev}"
     "--with-gl=${libGLU_combined}"
-    "--with-mysql=${mysql.connector-c}"
+    "--with-mysql=${libmysqlclient}"
     "--with-manpages=yes"
   ];
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig libtool gettext ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    bsdbuild perl xlibsWrapper libXinerama SDL libGLU_combined mysql.connector-c mandoc
+    bsdbuild perl xlibsWrapper libXinerama SDL libGLU_combined libmysqlclient mandoc
     freetype.dev libpng libjpeg.dev fontconfig portaudio libsndfile
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbi-drivers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbi-drivers/default.nix
index 99cd636b03b..52b8a32fab4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbi-drivers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbi-drivers/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libdbi
-, mysql ? null
+, libmysqlclient ? null
 , sqlite ? null
 , postgresql ? null
 }:
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0m680h8cc4428xin4p733azysamzgzcmv4psjvraykrsaz6ymlj3";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ libdbi sqlite postgresql ] ++ optional (mysql != null) mysql.connector-c;
+  buildInputs = [ libdbi sqlite postgresql ] ++ optional (libmysqlclient != null) libmysqlclient;
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i '/SQLITE3_LIBS/ s/-lsqlite/-lsqlite3/' configure;
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--enable-libdbi"
     "--with-dbi-incdir=${libdbi}/include"
     "--with-dbi-libdir=${libdbi}/lib"
-  ] ++ optionals (mysql != null) [
+  ] ++ optionals (libmysqlclient != null) [
     "--with-mysql"
-    "--with-mysql-incdir=${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql"
-    "--with-mysql-libdir=${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql"
+    "--with-mysql-incdir=${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql"
+    "--with-mysql-libdir=${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql"
   ] ++ optionals (sqlite != null) [
     "--with-sqlite3"
     "--with-sqlite3-incdir=${sqlite.dev}/include/sqlite"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix
index bb6402dc428..27032607996 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgda/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, itstool, libxml2, gtk3, openssl, gnome3, gobject-introspection, vala, libgee
 , overrideCC, gcc6
-, mysqlSupport ? false, mysql ? null
+, mysqlSupport ? false, libmysqlclient ? null
 , postgresSupport ? false, postgresql ? null
 }:
 
-assert mysqlSupport -> mysql != null;
+assert mysqlSupport -> libmysqlclient != null;
 assert postgresSupport -> postgresql != null;
 
 (if stdenv.isAarch64 then overrideCC stdenv gcc6 else stdenv).mkDerivation rec {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ assert postgresSupport -> postgresql != null;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool itstool libxml2 gobject-introspection vala ];
   buildInputs = with stdenv.lib; [ gtk3 openssl libgee ]
-    ++ optional (mysqlSupport) mysql.connector-c
+    ++ optional (mysqlSupport) libmysqlclient
     ++ optional (postgresSupport) postgresql;
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/redland.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/redland.nix
index 30d8d8a94e9..8835490187d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/redland.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/redland.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, openssl, libxslt, perl
 , curl, pcre, libxml2, librdf_rasqal, gmp
-, mysql, withMysql ? false
+, libmysqlclient, withMysql ? false
 , postgresql, withPostgresql ? false
 , sqlite, withSqlite ? true
 , db, withBdb ? false
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl pkgconfig ];
 
   buildInputs = [ openssl libxslt curl pcre libxml2 gmp ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional withMysql mysql.connector-c
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional withMysql libmysqlclient
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional withSqlite sqlite
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional withPostgresql postgresql
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional withBdb db;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opendbx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opendbx/default.nix
index f954aaf7245..16ec6a5c110 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opendbx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opendbx/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, readline, mysql, postgresql, sqlite }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, readline, libmysqlclient, postgresql, sqlite }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "opendbx-1.4.6";
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    export CPPFLAGS="-I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql"
-    export LDFLAGS="-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql -L${postgresql}/lib"
+    export CPPFLAGS="-I${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql"
+    export LDFLAGS="-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql -L${postgresql}/lib"
     configureFlagsArray=(--with-backends="mysql pgsql sqlite3")
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ readline mysql.connector-c postgresql sqlite ];
+  buildInputs = [ readline libmysqlclient postgresql sqlite ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Extremely lightweight but extensible database access library written in C";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poco/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poco/default.nix
index c19e343f19a..e69ed0236f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/poco/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poco/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig, zlib, pcre, expat, sqlite, openssl, unixODBC, mysql }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig, zlib, pcre, expat, sqlite, openssl, unixODBC, libmysqlclient }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "poco";
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ zlib pcre expat sqlite openssl unixODBC mysql.connector-c ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib pcre expat sqlite openssl unixODBC libmysqlclient ];
 
-  MYSQL_DIR = mysql.connector-c;
+  MYSQL_DIR = libmysqlclient;
   MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR = "${MYSQL_DIR}/include/mysql";
 
   cmakeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix
index 3b3f406485c..a46dcec0312 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 , xineramaSupport ? true, libXinerama ? null
 , cursorSupport ? true, libXcursor ? null
 , threadSupport ? true
-, mysqlSupport ? false, mysql ? null
+, mysqlSupport ? false, libmysqlclient ? null
 , libGLSupported ? stdenv.lib.elem stdenv.hostPlatform.system stdenv.lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms
 , openglSupport ? stdenv.lib.elem stdenv.hostPlatform.system stdenv.lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms
 , libGLU_combined ? null, libXmu ? null
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ assert xftSupport -> libXft != null;
 assert xrenderSupport -> xftSupport && libXrender != null;
 assert xrandrSupport -> libXrandr != null;
 assert cursorSupport -> libXcursor != null;
-assert mysqlSupport -> mysql != null;
+assert mysqlSupport -> libmysqlclient != null;
 assert openglSupport -> libGLU_combined != null && libXmu != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals cursorSupport [
     "-L${libXcursor.out}/lib -I${libXcursor.dev}/include"
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals mysqlSupport [
-    "-qt-sql-mysql" "-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql" "-I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql"
+    "-qt-sql-mysql" "-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql" "-I${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql"
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals xftSupport [
     "-L${libXft.out}/lib" "-I${libXft.dev}/include"
     "-L${libXft.freetype.out}/lib" "-I${libXft.freetype.dev}/include"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
index b5a10e8f11a..7c7f8f51de7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , libXrender, libXinerama, libXcursor, libXv, libXext
 , libXfixes, libXrandr, libSM, freetype, fontconfig, zlib, libjpeg, libpng
 , libmng, which, libGLU, openssl, dbus, cups, pkgconfig
-, libtiff, glib, icu, mysql, postgresql, sqlite, perl, coreutils, libXi
+, libtiff, glib, icu, libmysqlclient, postgresql, sqlite, perl, coreutils, libXi
 , buildMultimedia ? stdenv.isLinux, alsaLib, gstreamer, gst-plugins-base
 , buildWebkit ? (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin)
 , libGLSupported ? stdenv.lib.elem stdenv.hostPlatform.system stdenv.lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (mk (!stdenv.isFreeBSD) "opengl") "-xrender" "-xrandr" "-xinerama" "-xcursor" "-xinput" "-xfixes" "-fontconfig"
     "-qdbus" (mk (cups != null) "cups") "-glib" "-dbus-linked" "-openssl-linked"
 
-    "-${if mysql != null then "plugin" else "no"}-sql-mysql" "-system-sqlite"
+    "-${if libmysqlclient != null then "plugin" else "no"}-sql-mysql" "-system-sqlite"
 
     "-exceptions" "-xmlpatterns"
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs =
     [ cups # Qt dlopen's libcups instead of linking to it
       postgresql sqlite libjpeg libmng libtiff icu ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (mysql != null) [ mysql.connector-c ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (libmysqlclient != null) [ libmysqlclient ]
     ++ lib.optionals gtkStyle [ gtk2 gdk-pixbuf ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ApplicationServices OpenGL Cocoa AGL libcxx libobjc ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
index e2c71a77062..8119513618b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   zlib,
 
   # optional dependencies
-  cups ? null, mysql ? null, postgresql ? null,
+  cups ? null, libmysqlclient ? null, postgresql ? null,
   withGtk3 ? false, dconf ? null, gtk3 ? null,
 
   # options
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     )
     ++ lib.optional developerBuild gdb
     ++ lib.optional (cups != null) cups
-    ++ lib.optional (mysql != null) mysql.connector-c
+    ++ lib.optional (libmysqlclient != null) libmysqlclient
     ++ lib.optional (postgresql != null) postgresql;
 
   nativeBuildInputs =
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       "-L" "${openssl.out}/lib"
       "-I" "${openssl.dev}/include"
       "-system-sqlite"
-      ''-${if mysql != null then "plugin" else "no"}-sql-mysql''
+      ''-${if libmysqlclient != null then "plugin" else "no"}-sql-mysql''
       ''-${if postgresql != null then "plugin" else "no"}-sql-psql''
 
       "-make libs"
@@ -349,9 +349,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
           "-L" "${cups.lib}/lib"
           "-I" "${cups.dev}/include"
         ]
-        ++ lib.optionals (mysql != null) [
-          "-L" "${mysql.out}/lib"
-          "-I" "${mysql.out}/include"
+        ++ lib.optionals (libmysqlclient != null) [
+          "-L" "${libmysqlclient}/lib"
+          "-I" "${libmysqlclient}/include"
         ]
     );
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tntdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tntdb/default.nix
index 13b4e6b97a9..2d6ae3f18ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tntdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tntdb/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cxxtools, postgresql, mysql, sqlite, zlib, openssl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cxxtools, postgresql, libmysqlclient, sqlite, zlib, openssl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "tntdb";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0js79dbvkic30bzw1pf26m64vs2ssw2sbj55w1dc0sy69dlv4fh9";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cxxtools postgresql mysql.connector-c sqlite zlib openssl ];
+  buildInputs = [ cxxtools postgresql libmysqlclient sqlite zlib openssl ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/unixODBCDrivers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/unixODBCDrivers/default.nix
index b9aa1696d48..cbb8293db11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/unixODBCDrivers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/unixODBCDrivers/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, unixODBC, cmake, postgresql, mysql, mariadb, sqlite, zlib, libxml2, dpkg, lib, kerberos, curl, libuuid, autoPatchelfHook }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, unixODBC, cmake, postgresql, mysql, libmysqlclient, sqlite, zlib, libxml2, dpkg, lib, kerberos, curl, libuuid, autoPatchelfHook }:
 
 # I haven't done any parameter tweaking.. So the defaults provided here might be bad
 
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
     };
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-    buildInputs = [ unixODBC mariadb.connector-c ];
+    buildInputs = [ unixODBC libmysqlclient ];
 
     cmakeFlags = [
-      "-DMARIADB_INCLUDE_DIR=${mariadb.connector-c}/include/mariadb"
+      "-DMARIADB_INCLUDE_DIR=${libmysqlclient}/include/mariadb"
     ];
 
     passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wt/default.nix
index 958257ffe76..46df656e7bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wt/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, boost, pkgconfig, doxygen, qt48Full, libharu
-, pango, fcgi, firebird, mysql, postgresql, graphicsmagick, glew, openssl
+, pango, fcgi, firebird, libmysqlclient, postgresql, graphicsmagick, glew, openssl
 , pcre
 }:
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ let
       nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
       buildInputs = [
         cmake boost doxygen qt48Full libharu
-        pango fcgi firebird mysql.connector-c postgresql graphicsmagick glew
+        pango fcgi firebird libmysqlclient postgresql graphicsmagick glew
         openssl pcre
       ];
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ let
         "-DWT_WRASTERIMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION=GraphicsMagick"
         "-DWT_CPP_11_MODE=-std=c++11"
         "-DGM_PREFIX=${graphicsmagick}"
-        "-DMYSQL_PREFIX=${mysql.connector-c}"
+        "-DMYSQL_PREFIX=${libmysqlclient}"
         "--no-warn-unused-cli"
       ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix
index 052bfb11949..acc98215af0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ in
   cl-async-ssl = addNativeLibs [pkgs.openssl (import ./openssl-lib-marked.nix)];
   cl-async-test = addNativeLibs [pkgs.openssl];
   clsql = x: {
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with pkgs; [mysql.connector-c postgresql sqlite zlib];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with pkgs; [libmysqlclient postgresql sqlite zlib];
     overrides = y: (x.overrides y) // {
       preConfigure = ((x.overrides y).preConfigure or "") + ''
-        export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I${pkgs.mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql"
-        export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -L${pkgs.mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql"
+        export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I${pkgs.libmysqlclient}/include/mysql"
+        export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -L${pkgs.libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql"
       '';
     };
   };
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ $out/lib/common-lisp/query-fs"
     };
   };
   cffi = addNativeLibs [pkgs.libffi];
-  cl-mysql = addNativeLibs [pkgs.mysql];
+  cl-mysql = addNativeLibs [pkgs.libmysqlclient];
   cl-ppcre-template = x: {
     overrides = y: (x.overrides y) // {
       postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix
index b3d50b2fb07..4a1f9ded56c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ self = rec {
   env = buildEnv { name = name; paths = buildInputs; };
   buildInputs = [
     gcc stdenv
-    openssl fuse libuv mysql.connector-c libfixposix libev sqlite
+    openssl fuse libuv libmysqlclient libfixposix libev sqlite
     freetds
     lispPackages.quicklisp-to-nix lispPackages.quicklisp-to-nix-system-info
   ];
   CPATH = "${libfixposix}/include";
-  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "${openssl.out}/lib:${fuse}/lib:${libuv}/lib:${libev}/lib:${mysql.connector-c}/lib:${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql:${postgresql.lib}/lib:${sqlite.out}/lib:${libfixposix}/lib:${freetds}/lib:${openssl_lib_marked}/lib";
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "${openssl.out}/lib:${fuse}/lib:${libuv}/lib:${libev}/lib:${libmysqlclient}/lib:${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql:${postgresql.lib}/lib:${sqlite.out}/lib:${libfixposix}/lib:${freetds}/lib:${openssl_lib_marked}/lib";
 };
 in stdenv.mkDerivation self
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index 233503c2eca..41dae8347ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ with super;
   luadbi-mysql = super.luadbi-mysql.override({
     extraVariables = ''
       -- Can't just be /include and /lib, unfortunately needs the trailing 'mysql'
-      MYSQL_INCDIR='${pkgs.mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql';
-      MYSQL_LIBDIR='${pkgs.mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql';
+      MYSQL_INCDIR='${pkgs.libmysqlclient}/include/mysql';
+      MYSQL_LIBDIR='${pkgs.libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql';
     '';
     buildInputs = [
       pkgs.mysql.client
-      pkgs.mysql.connector-c
+      pkgs.libmysqlclient
     ];
   });
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mysql/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mysql/default.nix
index 1986f7e48f6..9be5ebf8a7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mysql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mysql/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ocaml, findlib, mysql }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ocaml, findlib, libmysqlclient }:
 
 # TODO: la versione stabile da' un errore di compilazione dovuto a
 # qualche cambiamento negli header .h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   createFindlibDestdir = true;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mysql.connector-c ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libmysqlclient ];
 
   patches = [
     (fetchpatch {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-mysql/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-mysql/default.nix
index 6eed57c4e7c..eb539339603 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-mysql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-mysql/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, buildPerlPackage, DBI, DevelChecklib, mysql }:
+{ fetchurl, buildPerlPackage, DBI, DevelChecklib, libmysqlclient }:
 
 buildPerlPackage {
   pname = "DBD-mysql";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildPerlPackage {
     sha256 = "0y4djb048i09dk19av7mzfb3khr72vw11p3ayw2p82jsy4gm8j2g";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ mysql.connector-c DevelChecklib ] ;
+  buildInputs = [ libmysqlclient DevelChecklib ] ;
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ DBI ];
 
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pure-modules/glpk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/pure-modules/glpk/default.nix
index 7b615928da9..34d12f1471f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/pure-modules/glpk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/pure-modules/glpk/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl,
-  pkgconfig, pure, glpk, gmp, libtool, mysql, libiodbc }:
+  pkgconfig, pure, glpk, gmp, libtool, libmysqlclient, libiodbc }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   baseName = "glpk";
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   glpkWithExtras = lib.overrideDerivation glpk (attrs: {
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ gmp libtool mysql.connector-c libiodbc ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ gmp libtool libmysqlclient libiodbc ];
 
     CPPFLAGS = "-I${gmp.dev}/include";
 
     preConfigure = ''
       substituteInPlace configure \
-        --replace /usr/include/mysql ${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql
+        --replace /usr/include/mysql ${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql
     '';
     configureFlags = [ "--enable-dl"
                        "--enable-odbc"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mysqlclient/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mysqlclient/default.nix
index 488f6f9a7bb..b37f191286e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mysqlclient/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mysqlclient/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, mysql }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, libmysqlclient }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mysqlclient";
   version = "1.4.4";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    mysql.connector-c
+    libmysqlclient
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    mysql.connector-c
+    libmysqlclient
   ];
 
   # Tests need a MySQL database
diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 1616eacffc6..cef7f0aecf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ let
     rmatio = [ pkgs.zlib.dev ];
     Rmpfr = [ pkgs.gmp pkgs.mpfr.dev ];
     Rmpi = [ pkgs.openmpi ];
-    RMySQL = [ pkgs.zlib pkgs.mysql.connector-c pkgs.openssl.dev ];
+    RMySQL = [ pkgs.zlib pkgs.libmysqlclient pkgs.openssl.dev ];
     RNetCDF = [ pkgs.netcdf pkgs.udunits ];
     RODBCext = [ pkgs.libiodbc ];
     RODBC = [ pkgs.libiodbc ];
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ let
     });
 
     RMySQL = old.RMySQL.overrideDerivation (attrs: {
-      MYSQL_DIR=pkgs.mysql.connector-c;
+      MYSQL_DIR="${pkgs.libmysqlclient}";
       preConfigure = ''
         patchShebangs configure
       '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
index 4e910ae9a24..06dabcdfcf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 { lib, fetchurl, writeScript, ruby, kerberos, libxml2, libxslt, python, stdenv, which
 , libiconv, postgresql, v8_3_16_14, clang, sqlite, zlib, imagemagick
 , pkgconfig , ncurses, xapian, gpgme, utillinux, fetchpatch, tzdata, icu, libffi
-, cmake, libssh2, openssl, mysql, darwin, git, perl, pcre, gecode_3, curl
+, cmake, libssh2, openssl, libmysqlclient, darwin, git, perl, pcre, gecode_3, curl
 , msgpack, qt59, libsodium, snappy, libossp_uuid, lxc, libpcap, xorg, gtk2, buildRubyGem
 , cairo, re2, rake, gobject-introspection, gdk-pixbuf, zeromq, czmq, graphicsmagick, libcxx
 , file, libvirt, glib, vips, taglib, libopus, linux-pam, libidn, protobuf, fribidi, harfbuzz
@@ -348,11 +348,11 @@ in
   };
 
   mysql = attrs: {
-    buildInputs = [ mysql.connector-c zlib openssl ];
+    buildInputs = [ libmysqlclient zlib openssl ];
   };
 
   mysql2 = attrs: {
-    buildInputs = [ mysql.connector-c zlib openssl ];
+    buildInputs = [ libmysqlclient zlib openssl ];
   };
 
   ncursesw = attrs: {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sysbench/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sysbench/default.nix
index e2d507ab801..8076925f29b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sysbench/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sysbench/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, vim, mysql
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, vim, libmysqlclient
 , libaio }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "sysbench-1.0.17";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ vim mysql.connector-c libaio ];
+  buildInputs = [ vim libmysqlclient libaio ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "akopytov";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/tora/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/tora/default.nix
index 74f1f22426f..931c00ecce5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/tora/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/tora/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { mkDerivation, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, extra-cmake-modules, makeWrapper
-, boost, doxygen, openssl, mysql, postgresql, graphviz, loki
+, boost, doxygen, openssl, libmysqlclient, postgresql, graphviz, loki
 , qscintilla, qtbase, qttools }:
 
 mkDerivation {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake extra-cmake-modules makeWrapper qttools ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    boost doxygen graphviz loki mysql.connector-c openssl postgresql qscintilla qtbase
+    boost doxygen graphviz loki libmysqlclient openssl postgresql qscintilla qtbase
   ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     "-lssl"
   ];
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql" "-I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql" ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql" "-I${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql" ];
 
   qtWrapperArgs = [
     ''--prefix PATH : ${lib.getBin graphviz}/bin''
diff --git a/pkgs/games/zod/default.nix b/pkgs/games/zod/default.nix
index c14eda2968e..888b7bd3d6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/zod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/zod/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, unrar, unzip, SDL, SDL_image, SDL_ttf, SDL_mixer
-, mysql, makeWrapper }:
+, libmysqlclient, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "zod-engine-2011-03-18";
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sourceRoot=`pwd`/src
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ unrar unzip SDL SDL_image SDL_ttf SDL_mixer mysql.connector-c makeWrapper ];
+  buildInputs = [ unrar unzip SDL SDL_image SDL_ttf SDL_mixer libmysqlclient makeWrapper ];
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql";
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/zod
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/clickhouse/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/clickhouse/default.nix
index e48dec7d20c..ab2d44577c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/clickhouse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/clickhouse/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, libtool
 , boost, capnproto, cctz, clang-unwrapped, double-conversion, gperftools, icu
-, libcpuid, libxml2, lld, llvm, lz4 , mysql, openssl, poco, re2, rdkafka
+, libcpuid, libxml2, lld, llvm, lz4 , libmysqlclient, openssl, poco, re2, rdkafka
 , readline, sparsehash, unixODBC, zstd, ninja, jemalloc, brotli, protobuf, xxHash
 }:
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake libtool ninja ];
   buildInputs = [
     boost capnproto cctz clang-unwrapped double-conversion gperftools icu
-    libcpuid libxml2 lld llvm lz4 mysql.connector-c openssl poco re2 rdkafka
+    libcpuid libxml2 lld llvm lz4 libmysqlclient openssl poco re2 rdkafka
     readline sparsehash unixODBC zstd jemalloc brotli protobuf xxHash
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
index c448e4936f6..93e1a31abb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, libtool, curl
 , python, munge, perl, pam, openssl, zlib
-, ncurses, mysql, gtk2, lua, hwloc, numactl
+, ncurses, libmysqlclient, gtk2, lua, hwloc, numactl
 , readline, freeipmi, libssh2, xorg, lz4
 # enable internal X11 support via libssh2
 , enableX11 ? true
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig libtool ];
   buildInputs = [
     curl python munge perl pam openssl zlib
-      mysql.connector-c ncurses gtk2 lz4
+      libmysqlclient ncurses gtk2 lz4
       lua hwloc numactl readline freeipmi
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals enableX11 [ libssh2 xorg.xauth ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/freeradius/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/freeradius/default.nix
index 6c6eb2b0c09..eeea3298ecd 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/freeradius/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/freeradius/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 , withMemcached ? false
 , hiredis
 , withRedis ? false
-, mysql
+, libmysqlclient
 , withMysql ? false
 , json_c
 , withJson ? false
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ assert withPcap -> libpcap != null;
 assert withCap -> libcap != null;
 assert withMemcached -> libmemcached != null;
 assert withRedis -> hiredis != null;
-assert withMysql -> mysql != null;
+assert withMysql -> libmysqlclient != null;
 assert withYubikey -> libyubikey != null;
 assert withCollectd -> collectd != null;
 assert withRest -> curl != null && withJson;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional withCap libcap
     ++ optional withMemcached libmemcached
     ++ optional withRedis hiredis
-    ++ optional withMysql mysql.connector-c
+    ++ optional withMysql libmysqlclient
     ++ optional withJson json_c
     ++ optional withYubikey libyubikey
     ++ optional withCollectd collectd
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix
index 7dacb997d47..f67bc5b0045 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, pkgconfig, pcre, libxml2, zlib, bzip2, which, file
 , openssl, enableMagnet ? false, lua5_1 ? null
-, enableMysql ? false, mysql ? null
+, enableMysql ? false, libmysqlclient ? null
 , enableLdap ? false, openldap ? null
 , enableWebDAV ? false, sqlite ? null, libuuid ? null
 , enableExtendedAttrs ? false, attr ? null
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 }:
 
 assert enableMagnet -> lua5_1 != null;
-assert enableMysql -> mysql != null;
+assert enableMysql -> libmysqlclient != null;
 assert enableLdap -> openldap != null;
 assert enableWebDAV -> sqlite != null;
 assert enableWebDAV -> libuuid != null;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ pcre pcre.dev libxml2 zlib bzip2 which file openssl ]
              ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableMagnet lua5_1
-             ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableMysql mysql.connector-c
+             ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableMysql libmysqlclient
              ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableLdap openldap
              ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableWebDAV sqlite
              ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableWebDAV libuuid;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix
index e3afd1f9879..4104b0443ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , clucene_core_2, icu, openldap, libsodium, libstemmer, cyrus_sasl
 , nixosTests
 # Auth modules
-, withMySQL ? false, mysql
+, withMySQL ? false, libmysqlclient
 , withPgSQL ? false, postgresql
 , withSQLite ? true, sqlite
 }:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs =
     [ openssl bzip2 zlib lz4 clucene_core_2 icu openldap libsodium libstemmer cyrus_sasl.dev ]
     ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.isLinux) [ systemd pam libcap inotify-tools ]
-    ++ lib.optional withMySQL mysql.connector-c
+    ++ lib.optional withMySQL libmysqlclient
     ++ lib.optional withPgSQL postgresql
     ++ lib.optional withSQLite sqlite;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix
index fcafd5817d4..96c8ad4a383 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { coreutils, db, fetchurl, openssl, pcre, perl, pkgconfig, stdenv
 , enableLDAP ? false, openldap
-, enableMySQL ? false, mysql, zlib
+, enableMySQL ? false, libmysqlclient, zlib
 , enableAuthDovecot ? false, dovecot
 , enablePAM ? false, pam
 , enableSPF ? true, libspf2
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ coreutils db openssl perl pcre ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableLDAP openldap
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals enableMySQL [ mysql.connector-c zlib ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals enableMySQL [ libmysqlclient zlib ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableAuthDovecot dovecot
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional enablePAM pam
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableSPF libspf2;
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       ''}
       ${stdenv.lib.optionalString enableMySQL ''
         s:^# \(LOOKUP_MYSQL=yes\)$:\1:
-        s:^# \(LOOKUP_MYSQL_PC=mysql.connector-c\)$:\1:
-        s:^\(LOOKUP_LIBS\)=\(.*\):\1=\2 -lmysqlclient -L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql -lssl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lz:
-        s:^# \(LOOKUP_LIBS\)=.*:\1=-lmysqlclient -L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql -lssl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lz:
-        s:^# \(LOOKUP_INCLUDE\)=.*:\1=-I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql/:
+        s:^# \(LOOKUP_MYSQL_PC=libmysqlclient\)$:\1:
+        s:^\(LOOKUP_LIBS\)=\(.*\):\1=\2 -lmysqlclient -L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql -lssl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lz:
+        s:^# \(LOOKUP_LIBS\)=.*:\1=-lmysqlclient -L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql -lssl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lz:
+        s:^# \(LOOKUP_INCLUDE\)=.*:\1=-I${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql/:
       ''}
       ${stdenv.lib.optionalString enableAuthDovecot ''
         s:^# \(AUTH_DOVECOT\)=.*:\1=yes:
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/extras.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/extras.nix
index 71b27facbab..f7ed6382a7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/extras.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/extras.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, libevent, libasr,
-  python2, pkgconfig, lua5, perl, mysql, postgresql, sqlite, hiredis,
+  python2, pkgconfig, lua5, perl, libmysqlclient, postgresql, sqlite, hiredis,
   enablePython ? true,
   enableLua ? true,
   enablePerl ? true,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ openssl libevent
-    libasr python2 lua5 perl mysql.connector-c postgresql sqlite hiredis ];
+    libasr python2 lua5 perl libmysqlclient postgresql sqlite hiredis ];
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     stdenv.lib.optional enableRedis
       "-I${hiredis}/include/hiredis -lhiredis"
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableMysql
-      "-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql";
+      "-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://www.opensmtpd.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/postfix/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/postfix/default.nix
index 39845f12f03..b299d212a18 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/postfix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/postfix/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , buildPackages
 , withLDAP ? true, openldap
 , withPgSQL ? false, postgresql
-, withMySQL ? false, mysql
+, withMySQL ? false, libmysqlclient
 , withSQLite ? false, sqlite
 }:
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ let
     "-DUSE_TLS" "-DUSE_SASL_AUTH" "-DUSE_CYRUS_SASL" "-I${cyrus_sasl.dev}/include/sasl"
     "-DHAS_DB_BYPASS_MAKEDEFS_CHECK"
    ] ++ lib.optional withPgSQL "-DHAS_PGSQL"
-     ++ lib.optionals withMySQL [ "-DHAS_MYSQL" "-I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql" "-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql" ]
+     ++ lib.optionals withMySQL [ "-DHAS_MYSQL" "-I${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql" "-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql" ]
      ++ lib.optional withSQLite "-DHAS_SQLITE"
      ++ lib.optionals withLDAP ["-DHAS_LDAP" "-DUSE_LDAP_SASL"]);
    auxlibs = lib.concatStringsSep " " ([
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper m4 ];
   buildInputs = [ db openssl cyrus_sasl icu libnsl pcre ]
                 ++ lib.optional withPgSQL postgresql
-                ++ lib.optional withMySQL mysql.connector-c
+                ++ lib.optional withMySQL libmysqlclient
                 ++ lib.optional withSQLite sqlite
                 ++ lib.optional withLDAP openldap;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/plugins/default.nix
index 9f23cc3e54c..62f40b59d37 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/plugins/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook
 , coreutils, gnugrep, gnused, lm_sensors, net_snmp, openssh, openssl, perl
-, dnsutils, libdbi, mysql, zlib, openldap, procps
+, dnsutils, libdbi, libmysqlclient, zlib, openldap, procps
 , runtimeShell }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   # !!! make openssh a runtime dependency only
-  buildInputs = [ dnsutils libdbi mysql net_snmp openldap openssh openssl perl procps zlib ];
+  buildInputs = [ dnsutils libdbi libmysqlclient net_snmp openldap openssh openssl perl procps zlib ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix
index 48b72dc0590..53932af6a18 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , snmpSupport ? true, net_snmp
 , sshSupport ? true, libssh2
 , sqliteSupport ? false, sqlite
-, mysqlSupport ? false, mysql
+, mysqlSupport ? false, libmysqlclient
 , postgresqlSupport ? false, postgresql
 }:
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in
       ++ optional snmpSupport net_snmp
       ++ optional sqliteSupport sqlite
       ++ optional sshSupport libssh2
-      ++ optional mysqlSupport mysql.connector-c
+      ++ optional mysqlSupport libmysqlclient
       ++ optional postgresqlSupport postgresql;
 
       configureFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/server.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/server.nix
index 51ca38e8cfc..ac5dcca901d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/server.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/server.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , odbcSupport ? true, unixODBC
 , snmpSupport ? true, net_snmp
 , sshSupport ? true, libssh2
-, mysqlSupport ? false, mysql
+, mysqlSupport ? false, libmysqlclient
 , postgresqlSupport ? false, postgresql
 }:
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ in
       ++ optional ldapSupport openldap
       ++ optional snmpSupport net_snmp
       ++ optional sshSupport libssh2
-      ++ optional mysqlSupport mysql.connector-c
+      ++ optional mysqlSupport libmysqlclient
       ++ optional postgresqlSupport postgresql;
 
       configureFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix
index 85fa6cd8006..556c44b61a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , pam, withPAM ? stdenv.isLinux
 , systemd, withSystemd ? stdenv.isLinux
 , python2, python3, ncurses
-, ruby, php-embed, mysql
+, ruby, php-embed, libmysqlclient
 }:
 
 let pythonPlugin = pkg : lib.nameValuePair "python${if pkg.isPy2 then "2" else "3"}" {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ let pythonPlugin = pkg : lib.nameValuePair "python${if pkg.isPy2 then "2" else "
                     # usage: https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/PHP.html#running-php-apps-with-nginx
                     path = "plugins/php";
                     inputs = [ php-embed ] ++ php-embed.buildInputs;
-                    NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = [ "-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql" ];
+                    NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = [ "-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql" ];
                   })
                 ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix
index ce77ebe8c1a..cb8bf0346a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, nettools, gettext, flex
 , readline ? null, openssl ? null, python2 ? null, ncurses ? null, rocksdb
-, sqlite ? null, postgresql ? null, mysql ? null, zlib ? null, lzo ? null
+, sqlite ? null, postgresql ? null, libmysqlclient ? null, zlib ? null, lzo ? null
 , jansson ? null, acl ? null, glusterfs ? null, libceph ? null, libcap ? null
 }:
 
-assert sqlite != null || postgresql != null || mysql != null;
+assert sqlite != null || postgresql != null || libmysqlclient != null;
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 let
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [
     nettools gettext readline openssl python2 flex ncurses sqlite postgresql
-    mysql.connector-c zlib lzo jansson acl glusterfs libceph libcap rocksdb
+    libmysqlclient zlib lzo jansson acl glusterfs libceph libcap rocksdb
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional (openssl != null) "--with-openssl=${openssl.dev}"
     ++ optional (sqlite != null) "--with-sqlite3=${sqlite.dev}"
     ++ optional (postgresql != null) "--with-postgresql=${postgresql}"
-    ++ optional (mysql != null) "--with-mysql=${mysql.connector-c}"
+    ++ optional (libmysqlclient != null) "--with-mysql=${libmysqlclient}"
     ++ optional (zlib != null) "--with-zlib=${zlib.dev}"
     ++ optional (lzo != null) "--with-lzo=${lzo}"
     ++ optional (jansson != null) "--with-jansson=${jansson}"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/mydumper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/mydumper/default.nix
index 5538b45c5f1..7160e7f1950 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/mydumper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/mydumper/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig
-, glib, zlib, pcre, mysql, libressl }:
+, glib, zlib, pcre, libmysqlclient, libressl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.9.5";
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ glib zlib pcre mysql.connector-c libressl ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib zlib pcre libmysqlclient libressl ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = ''High-perfomance MySQL backup tool'';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/kea/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/kea/default.nix
index bc35a25cfde..3986cadd08a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/kea/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/kea/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, openssl, botan2, log4cplus
-, boost, python3, postgresql, mysql, gmp, bzip2 }:
+, boost, python3, postgresql, libmysqlclient, gmp, bzip2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kea";
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = [
     "--localstatedir=/var"
     "--with-pgsql=${postgresql}/bin/pg_config"
-    "--with-mysql=${mysql.connector-c}/bin/mysql_config"
+    "--with-mysql=${libmysqlclient}/bin/mysql_config"
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [
-    openssl log4cplus boost python3 mysql.connector-c
+    openssl log4cplus boost python3 libmysqlclient
     botan2 gmp bzip2
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/mailutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/mailutils/default.nix
index f507e4dc287..40eeed7f050 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/mailutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/mailutils/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook, dejagnu, gettext, pkgconfig
 , gdbm, pam, readline, ncurses, gnutls, guile, texinfo, gnum4, sasl, fribidi, nettools
-, python, gss, mysql, system-sendmail }:
+, python, gss, libmysqlclient, system-sendmail }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${project}-${version}";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i -e '/chown root:mail/d' \
            -e 's/chmod [24]755/chmod 0755/' \
       */Makefile{.in,.am}
-    sed -i 's:/usr/lib/mysql:${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql:' configure.ac
+    sed -i 's:/usr/lib/mysql:${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql:' configure.ac
     sed -i 's/0\.18/0.19/' configure.ac
     sed -i -e 's:mysql/mysql.h:mysql.h:' \
            -e 's:mysql/errmsg.h:errmsg.h:' \
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [
     gdbm pam readline ncurses gnutls guile texinfo gnum4 sasl fribidi nettools
-    gss mysql.connector-c python
+    gss libmysqlclient python
   ];
 
   patches = [
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (fetchurl { url = "${p}/weed.at"; sha256 = "1101xakhc99f5gb9cs3mmydn43ayli7b270pzbvh7f9rbvh0d0nh"; })
   ];
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql -I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql -I${libmysqlclient}/include/mysql";
 
   checkInputs = [ dejagnu ];
   doCheck = false; # fails 1 out of a bunch of tests, looks like a bug
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/maxscale/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/maxscale/default.nix
index 32f6b11d77c..d047646fa71 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/maxscale/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/maxscale/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, glibc
-, bison2, curl, flex, gperftools, jansson, jemalloc, kerberos, lua, mariadb
+, bison2, curl, flex, gperftools, jansson, jemalloc, kerberos, lua, libmysqlclient
 , ncurses, openssl, pcre, pcre2, perl, rabbitmq-c, sqlite, tcl
 , libaio, libedit, libtool, libui, libuuid, zlib
 }:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    bison2 curl flex gperftools jansson jemalloc kerberos lua mariadb.connector-c
+    bison2 curl flex gperftools jansson jemalloc kerberos lua libmysqlclient
     ncurses openssl pcre pcre2 perl rabbitmq-c sqlite tcl
     libaio libedit libtool libui libuuid zlib
   ];
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postInstall = ''
     find $out/bin -type f -perm -0100 | while read f1; do
       patchelf \
-        --set-rpath "$(patchelf --print-rpath $f1):${mariadb.connector-c}/lib/mariadb:$out/lib/maxscale" \
+        --set-rpath "$(patchelf --print-rpath $f1):${libmysqlclient}/lib/mariadb:$out/lib/maxscale" \
         --set-interpreter "$(cat ${stdenv.cc}/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" $f1 \
         && patchelf --shrink-rpath $f1
     done
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/thc-hydra/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/thc-hydra/default.nix
index 252d73b479b..57deaaf0498 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/thc-hydra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/thc-hydra/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, zlib, openssl, ncurses, libidn, pcre, libssh, mysql, postgresql
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, zlib, openssl, ncurses, libidn, pcre, libssh, libmysqlclient, postgresql
 , withGUI ? false, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, gtk2 }:
 
 let
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals withGUI [ pkgconfig makeWrapper ];
-  buildInputs = [ zlib openssl ncurses libidn pcre libssh mysql.connector-c postgresql ]
+  buildInputs = [ zlib openssl ncurses libidn pcre libssh libmysqlclient postgresql ]
                 ++ lib.optional withGUI gtk2;
 
   postInstall = lib.optionalString withGUI ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix
index 1df73e08d1e..3e7e4e5969a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 , libtool
 , lm_sensors
 , lvm2
-, mysql
+, libmysqlclient
 , numactl
 , postgresql
 , protobufc
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libxml2 postgresql protobufc rrdtool
     varnish yajl jdk libtool python hiredis libmicrohttpd
     riemann_c_client mosquitto rdkafka mongoc
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (mysql != null) [ mysql.connector-c
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (libmysqlclient != null) [ libmysqlclient
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     iptables libatasmart libcredis libmodbus libsigrok
     lm_sensors lvm2 rabbitmq-c udev net_snmp libmnl
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix
index 2899837f3f8..34b7b7d908a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook, libestr, json_c, zlib, pythonPackages, fastJson
-, libkrb5 ? null, systemd ? null, jemalloc ? null, mysql ? null, postgresql ? null
+, libkrb5 ? null, systemd ? null, jemalloc ? null, libmysqlclient ? null, postgresql ? null
 , libdbi ? null, net_snmp ? null, libuuid ? null, curl ? null, gnutls ? null
 , libgcrypt ? null, liblognorm ? null, openssl ? null, librelp ? null, libksi ? null
 , libgt ? null, liblogging ? null, libnet ? null, hadoop ? null, rdkafka ? null
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     postgresql libdbi net_snmp libuuid curl gnutls libgcrypt liblognorm openssl
     librelp libgt libksi liblogging libnet hadoop rdkafka libmongo-client czmq
     rabbitmq-c hiredis mongoc
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (mysql != null) mysql.connector-c
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (libmysqlclient != null) libmysqlclient
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux systemd;
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (mkFlag false                     "valgrind")
     (mkFlag false                     "diagtools")
     (mkFlag true                      "usertools")
-    (mkFlag (mysql != null)           "mysql")
+    (mkFlag (libmysqlclient != null)  "mysql")
     (mkFlag (postgresql != null)      "pgsql")
     (mkFlag (libdbi != null)          "libdbi")
     (mkFlag (net_snmp != null)        "snmp")
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 046c6bc9acc..015c37dca2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   libintlOrEmpty = stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.hostPlatform.libc != "glibc") gettext; # added 2018-03-14
   libjson_rpc_cpp = libjson-rpc-cpp; # added 2017-02-28
   liblapackWithoutAtlas = liblapack; # added 2018-11-05
-  libmysql = mysql.connector-c; # added # 2017-12-28, this was a misnomer refering to libmysqlclient
+  libmysql = mariadb-connector-c; # added # 2017-12-28, this was a misnomer refering to libmysqlclient
   libqrencode = qrencode;  # added 2019-01-01
   librecad2 = librecad;  # backwards compatibility alias, added 2015-10
   libsysfs = sysfsutils; # added 2018-04-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 560ee97e946..2cdb0043052 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ in
     libkrb5 = null;
     systemd = null;
     jemalloc = null;
-    mysql = null;
+    libmysqlclient = null;
     postgresql = null;
     libdbi = null;
     net_snmp = null;
@@ -11703,7 +11703,7 @@ in
   libdbi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdbi { };
 
   libdbiDriversBase = libdbiDrivers.override {
-    mysql = null;
+    libmysqlclient = null;
     sqlite = null;
   };
 
@@ -13128,7 +13128,7 @@ in
     cups = if stdenv.isLinux then cups else null;
 
     # XXX: mariadb doesn't built on fbsd as of nov 2015
-    mysql = if (!stdenv.isFreeBSD) then mysql else null;
+    libmysqlclient = if (!stdenv.isFreeBSD) then libmysqlclient else null;
 
     inherit (pkgs.darwin) libobjc;
     inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices OpenGL Cocoa AGL;
@@ -14886,6 +14886,7 @@ in
 
   rpcbind = callPackage ../servers/rpcbind { };
 
+  libmysqlclient = mariadb-connector-c;
   mariadb-connector-c = mariadb-connector-c_2_3;
   mariadb-connector-c_2_3 = callPackage ../servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/2_3.nix { };
 
@@ -24129,7 +24130,7 @@ in
   mnemonicode = callPackage ../misc/mnemonicode { };
 
   mysql-workbench = callPackage ../applications/misc/mysql-workbench (let mysql = mysql57; in {
-    gdal = gdal.override {mysql = mysql // {lib = {dev = mysql;};};};
+    gdal = gdal.override {libmysqlclient = mysql // {lib = {dev = mysql;};};};
     mysql = mysql;
     pcre = pcre-cpp;
   });