diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/hhvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/hhvm/default.nix
index 2f84387a8888..a66b2264f073 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/hhvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/hhvm/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , pcre, libevent, gd, curl, libxml2, icu, flex, bison, openssl, zlib, php
 , expat, libcap, oniguruma, libdwarf, libmcrypt, tbb, gperftools, glog, libkrb5
 , bzip2, openldap, readline, libelf, uwimap, binutils, cyrus_sasl, pam, libpng
-, libxslt, freetype, gdb, git, perl, mariadb, gmp, libyaml, libedit
+, libxslt, freetype, gdb, git, perl, mysql, gmp, libyaml, libedit
 , libvpx, imagemagick, fribidi, gperf, which, ocamlPackages
 }:
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ cmake pkgconfig boost libunwind mariadb.client libmemcached pcre gdb git perl
+    [ cmake pkgconfig boost libunwind mysql.connector-c libmemcached pcre gdb git perl
       libevent gd curl libxml2 icu flex bison openssl zlib php expat libcap
       oniguruma libdwarf libmcrypt tbb gperftools bzip2 openldap readline
       libelf uwimap binutils cyrus_sasl pam glog libpng libxslt libkrb5
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opendbx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opendbx/default.nix
index 6a027dc9bd46..48ec5141e34f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opendbx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opendbx/default.nix
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    export CPPFLAGS="-I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mariadb"
-    export LDFLAGS="-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mariadb -L${postgresql}/lib"
+    export CPPFLAGS="-I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql"
+    export LDFLAGS="-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql -L${postgresql}/lib"
     configureFlagsArray=(--with-backends="mysql pgsql sqlite3")
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix
index 92cdc1f918aa..1bc4fd1085e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       -I${randrproto}/include" else "-no-xrandr"}
     ${if xineramaSupport then "-xinerama -L${libXinerama.out}/lib -I${libXinerama.dev}/include" else "-no-xinerama"}
     ${if cursorSupport then "-L${libXcursor.out}/lib -I${libXcursor.dev}/include" else ""}
-    ${if mysqlSupport then "-qt-sql-mysql -L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mariadb -I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mariadb" else ""}
+    ${if mysqlSupport then "-qt-sql-mysql -L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql -I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql" else ""}
     ${if xftSupport then "-xft
       -L${libXft.out}/lib -I${libXft.dev}/include
       -L${libXft.freetype.out}/lib -I${libXft.freetype.dev}/include
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix
index 6ca3a608934b..f2efa1ab1b4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ in
     propagatedBuildInputs = with pkgs; [mysql postgresql sqlite zlib];
     overrides = y: (x.overrides y) // {
       preConfigure = ((x.overrides y).preConfigure or "") + ''
-        export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I${pkgs.mysql.connector-c}/include/mariadb"
-        export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -L${pkgs.mysql.connector-c}/lib/mariadb"
+        export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I${pkgs.mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql"
+        export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -L${pkgs.mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql"
       '';
     };
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix
index b29ba53159e6..d3cb7b36aeeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ self = rec {
   env = buildEnv { name = name; paths = buildInputs; };
   buildInputs = [
     gcc stdenv
-    openssl fuse libuv mariadb libfixposix libev sqlite
+    openssl fuse libuv mysql.connector-c libfixposix libev sqlite
     freetds
     lispPackages.quicklisp-to-nix lispPackages.quicklisp-to-nix-system-info
   ];
   CPATH = "${libfixposix}/include";
-  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "${openssl.out}/lib:${fuse}/lib:${libuv}/lib:${libev}/lib:${mariadb}/lib:${postgresql.lib}/lib:${sqlite.out}/lib:${libfixposix}/lib:${freetds}/lib";
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "${openssl.out}/lib:${fuse}/lib:${libuv}/lib:${libev}/lib:${mysql.connector-c}/lib:${postgresql.lib}/lib:${sqlite.out}/lib:${libfixposix}/lib:${freetds}/lib";
 };
 in stdenv.mkDerivation self
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pure-modules/glpk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/pure-modules/glpk/default.nix
index df113b9cc4a3..e86f08b57ca9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/pure-modules/glpk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/pure-modules/glpk/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     preConfigure = ''
       substituteInPlace configure \
-        --replace /usr/include/mysql ${mysql.connector-c}/include/mariadb
+        --replace /usr/include/mysql ${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql
     '';
     configureFlags = [ "--enable-dl"
                        "--enable-odbc"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/database/shmig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/database/shmig/default.nix
index a397ba696977..49e90ce64c87 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/database/shmig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/database/shmig/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
 , withMySQL ? false, withPSQL ? false, withSQLite ? false
-, mariadb, postgresql, sqlite, gawk, which
+, mysql, postgresql, sqlite, gawk, which
 , lib
 }:
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     patchShebangs .
 
     substituteInPlace shmig \
-      --replace "\`which mysql\`" "${lib.optionalString withMySQL "${mariadb}/bin/mysql"}" \
+      --replace "\`which mysql\`" "${lib.optionalString withMySQL "${mysql.client}/bin/mysql"}" \
       --replace "\`which psql\`" "${lib.optionalString withPSQL "${postgresql}/bin/psql"}" \
       --replace "\`which sqlite3\`" "${lib.optionalString withSQLite "${sqlite}/bin/sqlite3"}" \
       --replace "awk" "${gawk}/bin/awk" \
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
index d7556a39ee92..79fff80b0b8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig,
   boost, libyamlcpp, libsodium, sqlite, protobuf,
-  libmysql, postgresql, lua, openldap, geoip, curl
+  mysql57, postgresql, lua, openldap, geoip, curl
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ boost libmysql postgresql lua openldap sqlite protobuf geoip libyamlcpp libsodium curl ];
+  buildInputs = [ boost mysql57.connector-c postgresql lua openldap sqlite protobuf geoip libyamlcpp libsodium curl ];
 
   # nix destroy with-modules arguments, when using configureFlags
   preConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix
index 0098353808fa..ae3fa40a8945 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   passthru = {
+    client = self;
     connector-c = self;
+    server = self;
     mysqlVersion = "5.7";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix
index 82d379c49d6a..4af20f76449a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [
     nettools gettext readline openssl python2 flex ncurses sqlite postgresql
-    libmysql zlib lzo jansson acl glusterfs libceph libcap rocksdb
+    mysql.connector-c zlib lzo jansson acl glusterfs libceph libcap rocksdb
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/mydumper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/mydumper/default.nix
index 5b1f8f3fd5cb..da8805bc226e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/mydumper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/mydumper/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig
-, glib, zlib, pcre, mariadb, libressl, }:
+, glib, zlib, pcre, mysql, libressl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.9.3";
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ glib zlib pcre mariadb.client.dev libressl ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib zlib pcre mysql.connector-c libressl ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = ''High-perfomance MySQL backup tool'';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/mailutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/mailutils/default.nix
index 4684c210c6eb..6f47b4b55766 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/mailutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/mailutils/default.nix
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i -e '/chown root:mail/d' \
            -e 's/chmod [24]755/chmod 0755/' \
       */Makefile{.in,.am}
-    sed -i 's:/usr/lib/mysql:${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mariadb:' configure.ac
+    sed -i 's:/usr/lib/mysql:${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql:' configure.ac
     sed -i 's/0\.18/0.19/' configure.ac
     sed -i -e 's:mysql/mysql.h:mysql.h:' \
            -e 's:mysql/errmsg.h:errmsg.h:' \
       sql/mysql.c
   '';
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mariadb -I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mariadb";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-L${mysql.connector-c}/lib/mysql -I${mysql.connector-c}/include/mysql";
 
   preCheck = ''
     # Add missing test files
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/snabb/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/snabb/default.nix
index f3baddd2653c..46580c0b802c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/snabb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/snabb/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, bash, makeWrapper, git, mariadb, diffutils, which, coreutils, procps, nettools }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, bash, makeWrapper, git, mysql, diffutils, which, coreutils, procps, nettools }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "snabb-${version}";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
 
     # We need a way to pass $PATH to the scripts
-    sed -i '2iexport PATH=${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ git mariadb which procps coreutils ]}' src/program/snabbnfv/neutron_sync_master/neutron_sync_master.sh.inc
+    sed -i '2iexport PATH=${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ git mysql.client which procps coreutils ]}' src/program/snabbnfv/neutron_sync_master/neutron_sync_master.sh.inc
     sed -i '2iexport PATH=${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ git coreutils diffutils nettools ]}' src/program/snabbnfv/neutron_sync_agent/neutron_sync_agent.sh.inc
   '';