diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/readline5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/5.x.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/readline/readline5.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/readline/5.x.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/readline6.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.2.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/readline/readline6.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.2.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/readline6.3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.3.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/readline/readline6.3.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.3.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7852f255d42..eb8706f779e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6230,11 +6230,11 @@ let
   readline = readline6;
   readline6 = readline63;
 
-  readline5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/readline/readline5.nix { };
+  readline5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/readline/5.x.nix { };
 
-  readline62 = callPackage ../development/libraries/readline/readline6.nix { };
+  readline62 = callPackage ../development/libraries/readline/6.2.nix { };
 
-  readline63 = callPackage ../development/libraries/readline/readline6.3.nix { };
+  readline63 = callPackage ../development/libraries/readline/6.3.nix { };
 
   librdf_raptor = callPackage ../development/libraries/librdf/raptor.nix { };