diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/dotty-bare.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/bare.nix
similarity index 98%
rename from pkgs/development/compilers/scala/dotty-bare.nix
rename to pkgs/development/compilers/scala/bare.nix
index b954fdbe1ed..40a70ef2baa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/dotty-bare.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/bare.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "3.1.0";
-  pname = "dotty-bare";
+  pname = "scala-bare";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/releases/download/${version}/scala3-${version}.tar.gz";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11787f1aa69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, jre, callPackage }:
+
+let
+  bare = callPackage ./bare.nix {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl makeWrapper jre;
+  };
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "scala";
+  inherit (bare) version;
+
+  dontUnpack = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    ln -s ${bare}/bin/scalac $out/bin/scalac
+    ln -s ${bare}/bin/scaladoc $out/bin/scaladoc
+    ln -s ${bare}/bin/scala $out/bin/scala
+    ln -s ${bare}/bin/common $out/bin/common
+  '';
+
+  inherit (bare) meta;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/dotty.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/dotty.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cd187f2e54..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/dotty.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, jre, callPackage }:
-
-let
-  dotty-bare = callPackage ./dotty-bare.nix {
-    inherit stdenv fetchurl makeWrapper jre;
-  };
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "dotty";
-  inherit (dotty-bare) version;
-
-  dontUnpack = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    ln -s ${dotty-bare}/bin/scalac $out/bin/scalac
-    ln -s ${dotty-bare}/bin/scaladoc $out/bin/scaladoc
-    ln -s ${dotty-bare}/bin/scala $out/bin/scala
-    ln -s ${dotty-bare}/bin/common $out/bin/common
-  '';
-
-  inherit (dotty-bare) meta;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5aca0f5950a..e34b0848b6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12400,8 +12400,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dictu = callPackage ../development/compilers/dictu { };
 
-  dotty = callPackage ../development/compilers/scala/dotty.nix { };
-
   ecl = callPackage ../development/compilers/ecl { };
   ecl_16_1_2 = callPackage ../development/compilers/ecl/16.1.2.nix { };
 
@@ -13805,6 +13803,9 @@ with pkgs;
   scala_2_11 = callPackage ../development/compilers/scala/2.x.nix { majorVersion = "2.11"; jre = jdk8; };
   scala_2_12 = callPackage ../development/compilers/scala/2.x.nix { majorVersion = "2.12"; };
   scala_2_13 = callPackage ../development/compilers/scala/2.x.nix { majorVersion = "2.13"; };
+  scala_3 = callPackage ../development/compilers/scala { };
+  # deprecated
+  dotty = scala_3;
 
   scala = scala_2_13;
   scala-runners = callPackage ../development/compilers/scala-runners {