diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.47.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.47.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 17c58406481..9682a4f9198 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3019,11 +3019,11 @@ let
 
   boolstuff = callPackage ../development/libraries/boolstuff { };
 
-  boost = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost { };
-
   boost142 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.42.nix { };
   boost144 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.44.nix { };
   boost146 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.46.nix { };
+  boost147 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.47.nix { };
+  boost = boost147;
 
   # A Boost build with all library variants enabled.  Very large (about 250 MB).
   boostFull = appendToName "full" (boost.override {