diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/slack/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slack/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/slack/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/sl/slack/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/slack/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slack/update.sh
similarity index 96%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/slack/update.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/sl/slack/update.sh
index 8b66e30002843..48bc9b0ef9e23 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/slack/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slack/update.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ latest_linux_version=$(curl -L --silent https://slack.com/downloads/linux | sed
 latest_mac_version=$(curl -L --silent https://slack.com/downloads/mac | sed -n 's/.*Version \([0-9\.]\+\).*/\1/p')
 
 nixpkgs="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-slack_nix="$nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/slack/default.nix"
+slack_nix="$nixpkgs/pkgs/by-name/sl/slack/package.nix"
 nixpkgs_linux_version=$(cat "$slack_nix" | sed -n 's/.*x86_64-linux-version = \"\([0-9\.]\+\)\";.*/\1/p')
 nixpkgs_mac_version=$(cat "$slack_nix" | sed -n 's/.*x86_64-darwin-version = \"\([0-9\.]\+\)\";.*/\1/p')
 nixpkgs_mac_arm_version=$(cat "$slack_nix" | sed -n 's/.*aarch64-darwin-version = \"\([0-9\.]\+\)\";.*/\1/p')
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 69eeb0c3ddaa2..800bd0284480f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14182,8 +14182,6 @@ with pkgs;
     singularity-overriden-nixos
     ;
 
-  slack = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/slack { };
-
   sosreport = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/logging/sosreport { };
 
   inherit (callPackages ../development/libraries/wlroots {})