diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/builder.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/builder.sh
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/builder.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/common.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/cve-2014-0475.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/cve-2014-0475.patch
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rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/cve-2014-0475.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/cve-2014-0475.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/cve-2014-5119.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/cve-2014-5119.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/cve-2014-5119.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/cve-2014-5119.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/dont-use-system-ld-so-cache.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-cache.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/dont-use-system-ld-so-cache.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-cache.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/dont-use-system-ld-so-preload.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-preload.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/dont-use-system-ld-so-preload.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-preload.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/fix-math.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix-math.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/fix-math.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix-math.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/fix_path_attribute_in_getconf.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix_path_attribute_in_getconf.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/fix_path_attribute_in_getconf.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix_path_attribute_in_getconf.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/glibc-crypt-blowfish.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/glibc-crypt-blowfish.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/glibc-crypt-blowfish.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/glibc-crypt-blowfish.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/glibc-remove-date-from-compilation-banner.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/glibc-remove-date-from-compilation-banner.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/glibc-remove-date-from-compilation-banner.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/glibc-remove-date-from-compilation-banner.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/glibc-remove-datetime-from-nscd.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/glibc-remove-datetime-from-nscd.patch
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rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/glibc-remove-datetime-from-nscd.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/glibc-remove-datetime-from-nscd.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/info.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/info.nix
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rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/info.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/info.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/locales-builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/locales-builder.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/locales-builder.sh
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/locales-builder.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/locales.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/locales.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/locales.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/locales.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/multi.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/multi.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/multi.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/multi.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/nix-locale-archive.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/nix-locale-archive.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/nix-locale-archive.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/nix-locale-archive.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/rpcgen-path.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/rpcgen-path.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.19/rpcgen-path.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/rpcgen-path.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 37237470c9b1..f586b260422a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5072,7 +5072,7 @@ let
   glfw2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/glfw/2.x.nix { };
   glfw3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/glfw/3.x.nix { };
 
-  glibc = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc/2.19 {
+  glibc = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc {
     kernelHeaders = linuxHeaders;
     installLocales = config.glibc.locales or false;
     machHeaders = null;
@@ -5080,13 +5080,13 @@ let
     gccCross = null;
   };
 
-  glibc_memusage = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc/2.19 {
+  glibc_memusage = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc {
     kernelHeaders = linuxHeaders;
     installLocales = false;
     withGd = true;
   };
 
-  glibcCross = forceNativeDrv (makeOverridable (import ../development/libraries/glibc/2.19)
+  glibcCross = forceNativeDrv (makeOverridable (import ../development/libraries/glibc)
     (let crossGNU = crossSystem != null && crossSystem.config == "i586-pc-gnu";
      in {
        inherit stdenv fetchurl;
@@ -5114,11 +5114,11 @@ let
     installLocales = config.glibc.locales or false;
   };
 
-  glibcLocales = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc/2.19/locales.nix { };
+  glibcLocales = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc/locales.nix { };
 
-  glibcInfo = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc/2.19/info.nix { };
+  glibcInfo = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc/info.nix { };
 
-  glibc_multi = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc/2.19/multi.nix {
+  glibc_multi = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc/multi.nix {
     inherit glibc;
     glibc32 = (import ./all-packages.nix {system = "i686-linux";}).glibc;
   };