diff --git a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
index 3b695c46e77..59d62790113 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig libtool ];
   buildInputs = [
-    curl python munge perl pam openssl mysql.lib ncurses gtk2 lua hwloc numactl
+    curl python munge perl pam openssl mysql.connector-c ncurses gtk2 lua hwloc numactl
   ];
 
   configureFlags =
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0a7ef70f1b3..56695574a9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ with pkgs;
   convertlit = callPackage ../tools/text/convertlit { };
 
   collectd = callPackage ../tools/system/collectd {
-    libmysql = mysql.lib;
+    libmysql = mysql.connector-c;
     libsigrok = libsigrok-0-3-0; # not compatible with >= 0.4.0 yet
   };