diff --git a/config/common.nix b/config/common.nix
index 98901a18ef515a3680701b771f7dd5af4df8ca8b..56b2ac2ae7847e3060faeb2083a81f92d0531769 100644
--- a/config/common.nix
+++ b/config/common.nix
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@
                     };
                   };
                 };
-                mlocate = lib.mkOption {
+                slocate = lib.mkOption {
                   type = lib.types.submodule {
                     options = {
                       enabled = lib.mkOption {
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@
                         default = false;
                         example = true;
                         description = ''
-                          Whether or not mlocate has been installed.
+                          Whether or not slocate has been installed.
                         '';
                       };
                     };
diff --git a/pkgs/util/default.nix b/pkgs/util/default.nix
index d3d5c28f773e007221f4ef730ca0eac4bf902df7..2ba8c9874bd49b30a9535a3c0bd4068a76a288e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/util/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/util/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
     ./inetutils
     ./ispell
     ./tqsl
-    ./mlocate
+    ./slocate
   ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/util/mlocate/config.nix b/pkgs/util/mlocate/config.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c7a2d95d796cbd03ec5559d41998c28948637557..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/pkgs/util/mlocate/config.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{ config, ... }:
-{
-  config.provides.util.mlocate.enabled = true;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/util/slocate/config.nix b/pkgs/util/slocate/config.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6a64e34a292ea2d168365e0e23c51923e83c2b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/util/slocate/config.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{ config, ... }:
+{
+  config.provides.util.slocate.enabled = true;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/util/mlocate/default.nix b/pkgs/util/slocate/default.nix
similarity index 91%
rename from pkgs/util/mlocate/default.nix
rename to pkgs/util/slocate/default.nix
index 53c66444060630848719594e4a68cfd008ecfce8..3e4cd12bf1232a630aea3c87b75c1ed4cfac4b9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/util/mlocate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/util/slocate/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
   ];
 
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    mlocate
+    slocate
   ];
 }