diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/2_3.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/2_3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a256887cba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/2_3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./. (args // {
+  version = "2.3.7";
+  sha256 = "13izi35vvxhiwl2dsnqrz75ciisy2s2k30giv7hrm01qlwnmiycl";
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed49d40180fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake
+, openssl, zlib
+, libiconv
+, version, sha256, ...
+}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "mariadb-connector-c";
+  inherit version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    urls = [
+      "https://downloads.mariadb.org/f/connector-c-${version}/mariadb-connector-c-${version}-src.tar.gz"
+      "https://downloads.mariadb.com/Connectors/c/connector-c-${version}/mariadb-connector-c-${version}-src.tar.gz"
+    ];
+    inherit sha256;
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DWITH_EXTERNAL_ZLIB=ON"
+    "-DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
+  ];
+
+  # The cmake setup-hook uses $out/lib by default, this is not the case here.
+  preConfigure = optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    cmakeFlagsArray+=("-DCMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR=$out/lib/mariadb")
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ openssl zlib ];
+  buildInputs = [ libiconv ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    ln -sv mariadb_config $out/bin/mysql_config
+    ln -sv mariadb $out/lib/mysql
+    ln -sv mariadb $out/include/mysql
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Client library that can be used to connect to MySQL or MariaDB";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
index ac14015c4cf3..2e5e117bc0dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ mytopEnv = perl.withPackages (p: with p; [ DataDumper DBDmysql DBI TermReadKey ]
 mariadb = server // {
   inherit client; # MariaDB Client
   server = server; # MariaDB Server
-  inherit connector-c; # libmysqlclient.so
   inherit galera;
 };
 
@@ -217,47 +216,6 @@ server = stdenv.mkDerivation (common // {
   CXXFLAGS = optionalString stdenv.isi686 "-fpermissive";
 });
 
-connector-c = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "mariadb-connector-c";
-  version = "2.3.7";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/connector-c-${version}/mariadb-connector-c-${version}-src.tar.gz/from/http%3A//nyc2.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/";
-    sha256 = "13izi35vvxhiwl2dsnqrz75ciisy2s2k30giv7hrm01qlwnmiycl";
-    name   = "mariadb-connector-c-${version}-src.tar.gz";
-  };
-
-  # outputs = [ "dev" "out" ]; FIXME: cmake variables don't allow that < 3.0
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DWITH_EXTERNAL_ZLIB=ON"
-    "-DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
-  ];
-
-  # The cmake setup-hook uses $out/lib by default, this is not the case here.
-  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    cmakeFlagsArray+=("-DCMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR=$out/lib/mariadb")
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ openssl zlib ];
-  buildInputs = [ libiconv ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    ln -sv mariadb_config $out/bin/mysql_config
-    ln -sv mariadb $out/lib/mysql
-    ln -sv mariadb $out/include/mysql
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Client library that can be used to connect to MySQL or MariaDB";
-    license = licenses.lgpl21;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-};
-
 galera = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mariadb-galera";
   version = "25.3.26";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2021ec720a7b..560ee97e946a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14886,6 +14886,9 @@ in
 
   rpcbind = callPackage ../servers/rpcbind { };
 
+  mariadb-connector-c = mariadb-connector-c_2_3;
+  mariadb-connector-c_2_3 = callPackage ../servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/2_3.nix { };
+
   mariadb = callPackage ../servers/sql/mariadb {
     asio = asio_1_10;
     # As per mariadb's cmake, "static jemalloc_pic.a can only be used up to jemalloc 4".