diff --git a/gnu/packages/boost.scm b/gnu/packages/boost.scm
index d00f96de64..cf70a29775 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/boost.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/boost.scm
@@ -110,6 +110,22 @@ (define-public boost
     (license (license:x11-style "https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt"
                                 "Some components have other similar licences."))))
 
+(define-public boost-for-mysql
+  ;; Older version for MySQL 5.7.23.
+  (package
+    (inherit boost)
+    (version "1.59.0")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append
+                    "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost/" version "/boost_"
+                    (string-map (lambda (x) (if (eq? x #\.) #\_ x)) version)
+                    ".tar.bz2"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1jj1aai5rdmd72g90a3pd8sw9vi32zad46xv5av8fhnr48ir6ykj"))))
+    (properties '((hidden? . #t)))))
+
 (define-public boost-sync
   (let ((commit "c72891d9b90e2ceb466ec859f640cd012b2d8709")
         (version "1.55")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index 4e64fb78b4..ecc14c259a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -549,20 +549,6 @@ (define-public mongodb
                    ;; Some parts are licensed under the Apache License
                    license:asl2.0))))
 
-(define boost-for-mysql
-  (package
-    (inherit boost)
-    (version "1.59.0")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append
-                    "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost/" version "/boost_"
-                    (string-map (lambda (x) (if (eq? x #\.) #\_ x)) version)
-                    ".tar.bz2"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "1jj1aai5rdmd72g90a3pd8sw9vi32zad46xv5av8fhnr48ir6ykj"))))))
-
 ;; XXX When updating, check whether boost-for-mysql is still needed.
 ;; It might suffice to patch ‘cmake/boost.cmake’ as done in the past.
 (define-public mysql