diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
index b2247e8cb6..aeb89ae237 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
@@ -8348,6 +8348,35 @@ (define-public r-rgraphviz
 objects from the @code{graph} package.")
     (license license:epl1.0)))
 
+(define-public r-hitc
+  (package
+    (name "r-hitc")
+    (version "1.32.0")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (bioconductor-uri "HiTC" version))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1jx2pfa7sbdz7xi466lz1h5xv126g56z73n0a5l2wrq28k47qaxy"))))
+    (properties `((upstream-name . "HiTC")))
+    (build-system r-build-system)
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("r-biostrings" ,r-biostrings)
+       ("r-genomeinfodb" ,r-genomeinfodb)
+       ("r-genomicranges" ,r-genomicranges)
+       ("r-iranges" ,r-iranges)
+       ("r-matrix" ,r-matrix)
+       ("r-rcolorbrewer" ,r-rcolorbrewer)
+       ("r-rtracklayer" ,r-rtracklayer)))
+    (home-page "https://bioconductor.org/packages/HiTC")
+    (synopsis "High throughput chromosome conformation capture analysis")
+    (description
+     "The HiTC package was developed to explore high-throughput \"C\" data
+such as 5C or Hi-C.  Dedicated R classes as well as standard methods for
+quality controls, normalization, visualization, and further analysis are also
+provided.")
+    (license license:artistic2.0)))
+
 (define-public r-hdf5array
   (package
     (name "r-hdf5array")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index d874fe9a13..6bbcc3fe00 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -10625,35 +10625,6 @@ (define-public r-fithic
 assays such as Hi-C.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
-(define-public r-hitc
-  (package
-    (name "r-hitc")
-    (version "1.32.0")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (bioconductor-uri "HiTC" version))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "1jx2pfa7sbdz7xi466lz1h5xv126g56z73n0a5l2wrq28k47qaxy"))))
-    (properties `((upstream-name . "HiTC")))
-    (build-system r-build-system)
-    (propagated-inputs
-     `(("r-biostrings" ,r-biostrings)
-       ("r-genomeinfodb" ,r-genomeinfodb)
-       ("r-genomicranges" ,r-genomicranges)
-       ("r-iranges" ,r-iranges)
-       ("r-matrix" ,r-matrix)
-       ("r-rcolorbrewer" ,r-rcolorbrewer)
-       ("r-rtracklayer" ,r-rtracklayer)))
-    (home-page "https://bioconductor.org/packages/HiTC")
-    (synopsis "High throughput chromosome conformation capture analysis")
-    (description
-     "The HiTC package was developed to explore high-throughput \"C\" data
-such as 5C or Hi-C.  Dedicated R classes as well as standard methods for
-quality controls, normalization, visualization, and further analysis are also
-provided.")
-    (license license:artistic2.0)))
-
 (define-public r-dropbead
   (let ((commit "d746c6f3b32110428ea56d6a0001ce52a251c247")
         (revision "2"))