diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnscrypt-proxy2.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnscrypt-proxy2.nix
index de1ca0d2f20..4592a0c2f6b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnscrypt-proxy2.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnscrypt-proxy2.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ in
     settings = mkOption {
       description = lib.mdDoc ''
         Attrset that is converted and passed as TOML config file.
-        For available params, see: <https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/${pkgs.dnscrypt-proxy2.version}/dnscrypt-proxy/example-dnscrypt-proxy.toml>
+        For available params, see: <https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/${pkgs.dnscrypt-proxy.version}/dnscrypt-proxy/example-dnscrypt-proxy.toml>
       '';
       example = literalExpression ''
         {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ in
         passAsFile = [ "json" ];
       } ''
         ${if cfg.upstreamDefaults then ''
-          ${pkgs.remarshal}/bin/toml2json ${pkgs.dnscrypt-proxy2.src}/dnscrypt-proxy/example-dnscrypt-proxy.toml > example.json
+          ${pkgs.remarshal}/bin/toml2json ${pkgs.dnscrypt-proxy.src}/dnscrypt-proxy/example-dnscrypt-proxy.toml > example.json
           ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq --slurp add example.json $jsonPath > config.json # merges the two
         '' else ''
           cp $jsonPath config.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ in
         AmbientCapabilities = "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE";
         CacheDirectory = "dnscrypt-proxy";
         DynamicUser = true;
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.dnscrypt-proxy2}/bin/dnscrypt-proxy -config ${cfg.configFile}";
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.dnscrypt-proxy}/bin/dnscrypt-proxy -config ${cfg.configFile}";
         LockPersonality = true;
         LogsDirectory = "dnscrypt-proxy";
         MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy/default.nix
similarity index 95%
rename from pkgs/tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy2/default.nix
rename to pkgs/tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy/default.nix
index 24c6f7f2d31..5227a28c1bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "dnscrypt-proxy2";
+  pname = "dnscrypt-proxy";
   version = "2.1.5";
 
   vendorSha256 = null;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ivpn/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ivpn/default.nix
index e8e33f3bc73..f5df7e6c384 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/ivpn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ivpn/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , openvpn
 , obfs4
 , iproute2
-, dnscrypt-proxy2
+, dnscrypt-proxy
 , iptables
 , gawk
 , util-linux
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ builtins.mapAttrs (pname: attrs: buildGoModule (attrs // rec {
         --replace 'wgToolBinaryPath = path.Join(installDir, "wireguard-tools/wg")' \
         'wgToolBinaryPath = "${wireguard-tools}/bin/wg"' \
         --replace 'dnscryptproxyBinPath = path.Join(installDir, "dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy")' \
-        'dnscryptproxyBinPath = "${dnscrypt-proxy2}/bin/dnscrypt-proxy"'
+        'dnscryptproxyBinPath = "${dnscrypt-proxy}/bin/dnscrypt-proxy"'
     '';
 
     postFixup = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index baac0085f68..9c48d4a2fed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ mapAliases ({
 
   ant-dracula-theme = throw "ant-dracula-theme is now dracula-theme, and theme name is Dracula instead of Ant-Dracula";
   dina-font-pcf = dina-font; # Added 2020-02-09
-  dnscrypt-proxy = throw "dnscrypt-proxy has been removed. Please use dnscrypt-proxy2"; # Added 2020-02-02
+  dnscrypt-proxy2 = dnscrypt-proxy; # Added 2023-02-02
   gcc-snapshot = throw "gcc-snapshot: Marked as broken for >2 years, additionally this 'snapshot' pointed to a fairly old one from gcc7";
   gnatsd = nats-server; # Added 2019-10-28
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8e23480a1a3..aecbd7eeb1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7381,7 +7381,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   djbdns = callPackage ../tools/networking/djbdns { };
 
-  dnscrypt-proxy2 = callPackage ../tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy2 { };
+  dnscrypt-proxy = callPackage ../tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy { };
 
   dnscrypt-wrapper = callPackage ../tools/networking/dnscrypt-wrapper { };