diff --git a/pkgs/games/alephone/default.nix b/pkgs/games/alephone/default.nix
index 44202da16eaf..efd26d1c4f0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/alephone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/alephone/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, boost, curl, ffmpeg, icoutils, libGLU, libmad, libogg
-, libpng, libsndfile, libvorbis, lua, pkgconfig, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_net
+, libpng, libsndfile, libvorbis, lua, pkg-config, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_net
 , SDL2_ttf, smpeg, speex, zziplib, zlib, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem, unzip
 , alephone }:
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ let
       sha256 = "13ck3mp9qd5pkiq6zwvr744bwvmnqkgj5vpf325sz1mcvnv7l8lh";
     };
 
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig icoutils ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config icoutils ];
 
     buildInputs = [
       boost
diff --git a/pkgs/games/asc/default.nix b/pkgs/games/asc/default.nix
index 1b7feda4ebb7..9e9f188bf1b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/asc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/asc/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { fetchurl, lib, stdenv, SDL, SDL_image, SDL_mixer, SDL_sound, libsigcxx, physfs
-, boost, expat, freetype, libjpeg, wxGTK, lua, perl, pkgconfig, zlib, zip, bzip2
+, boost, expat, freetype, libjpeg, wxGTK, lua, perl, pkg-config, zlib, zip, bzip2
 , libpng, libtiff, fluidsynth, libmikmod, libvorbis, flac, libogg }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [
     SDL SDL_image SDL_mixer SDL_sound libsigcxx physfs boost expat
-    freetype libjpeg wxGTK lua perl pkgconfig zlib zip bzip2 libpng
+    freetype libjpeg wxGTK lua perl pkg-config zlib zip bzip2 libpng
     libtiff fluidsynth libmikmod flac libvorbis libogg
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/chocolate-doom/default.nix b/pkgs/games/chocolate-doom/default.nix
index 2336bd5e0169..28ef9b6417ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/chocolate-doom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/chocolate-doom/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, SDL2, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_net, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, stdenv, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, SDL2, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_net, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "chocolate-doom";
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -e 's#/games#/bin#g' -i src{,/setup}/Makefile.am
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ SDL2 SDL2_mixer SDL2_net ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/crack-attack/default.nix b/pkgs/games/crack-attack/default.nix
index b5fe9467d2e0..f5296e8ce6b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/crack-attack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/crack-attack/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk2, freeglut, SDL, SDL_mixer, libGLU, libGL, libXi, libXmu }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, gtk2, freeglut, SDL, SDL_mixer, libGLU, libGL, libXi, libXmu }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "crack-attack-1.1.14";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "--datadir=${placeholder "out"}/share"
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ gtk2 freeglut SDL SDL_mixer libGLU libGL libXi libXmu ];
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/games/eduke32/default.nix b/pkgs/games/eduke32/default.nix
index 8f90faa03817..a5796f697ef1 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/eduke32/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/eduke32/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, nasm, makeDesktopItem
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, pkg-config, nasm, makeDesktopItem
 , alsaLib, flac, gtk2, libvorbis, libvpx, libGLU, libGL
 , SDL2, SDL2_mixer }:
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ alsaLib flac gtk2 libvorbis libvpx libGL libGLU SDL2 SDL2_mixer ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkgconfig ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkg-config ]
     ++ lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-linux") nasm;
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/games/gargoyle/default.nix b/pkgs/games/gargoyle/default.nix
index f6bbce2bf902..bd592dbc55d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/gargoyle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/gargoyle/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, substituteAll, jam, cctools, pkgconfig
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, substituteAll, jam, cctools, pkg-config
 , SDL, SDL_mixer, SDL_sound, gtk2, libvorbis, smpeg }:
 
 let
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0w54avmbp4i4zps2rb4acmpa641s6wvwbrln4vbdhcz97fx48nzz";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ jam pkgconfig ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin cctools;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ jam pkg-config ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin cctools;
 
   buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_mixer SDL_sound gtk2 ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ smpeg libvorbis ];
diff --git a/pkgs/games/gweled/default.nix b/pkgs/games/gweled/default.nix
index faa6a225ed76..b15bb43a4517 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/gweled/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/gweled/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchbzr, intltool
-, gtk2, wrapGAppsHook, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
+, gtk2, wrapGAppsHook, autoreconfHook, pkg-config
 , libmikmod, librsvg, libcanberra-gtk2, hicolor-icon-theme }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ wrapGAppsHook intltool autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ wrapGAppsHook intltool autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ gtk2 libmikmod librsvg hicolor-icon-theme libcanberra-gtk2 ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/lincity/ng.nix b/pkgs/games/lincity/ng.nix
index 4c3114a92027..1fe2223886a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/lincity/ng.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/lincity/ng.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, jam, pkgconfig
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, jam, pkg-config
 , zlib, libxml2, libxslt, xorgproto, libX11, libGLU, libGL, SDL
 , SDL_mixer, SDL_image, SDL_ttf, SDL_gfx, physfs
 }:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook jam pkgconfig
+    autoreconfHook jam pkg-config
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/games/naev/default.nix b/pkgs/games/naev/default.nix
index 4e5b70367633..f359b8c9d98b 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/naev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/naev/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, stdenv, SDL, openal, SDL_mixer, libxml2, pkgconfig, libvorbis
+{ lib, fetchurl, stdenv, SDL, openal, SDL_mixer, libxml2, pkg-config, libvorbis
 , libpng, libGLU, libGL, makeWrapper, zlib, freetype }:
 
 let
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_mixer openal libxml2 libvorbis libpng libGLU libGL zlib freetype ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config makeWrapper ];
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-include ${zlib.dev}/include/zlib.h";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/nudoku/default.nix b/pkgs/games/nudoku/default.nix
index b8ef2b3cbed4..aaa6d3248094 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/nudoku/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/nudoku/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, gettext, ncurses }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, gettext, ncurses }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nudoku";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace configure.ac --replace 0.19 0.20
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig gettext ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config gettext ];
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
   configureFlags = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl "--disable-nls";
diff --git a/pkgs/games/openrct2/default.nix b/pkgs/games/openrct2/default.nix
index 96d79a8744e8..912d0da59a06 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/openrct2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/openrct2/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
 , SDL2, cmake, curl, duktape, fontconfig, freetype, icu, jansson, libGLU
-, libiconv, libpng, libpthreadstubs, libzip, nlohmann_json, openssl, pkgconfig
+, libiconv, libpng, libpthreadstubs, libzip, nlohmann_json, openssl, pkg-config
 , speexdsp, zlib
 }:
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
-    pkgconfig
+    pkg-config
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/games/t4kcommon/default.nix b/pkgs/games/t4kcommon/default.nix
index bc820c8e8e45..74757c236c51 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/t4kcommon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/t4kcommon/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig, SDL, SDL_image, SDL_mixer, SDL_net, SDL_ttf, libpng, librsvg, libxml2 }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl, cmake, pkg-config, SDL, SDL_image, SDL_mixer, SDL_net, SDL_ttf, libpng, librsvg, libxml2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.1.1";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_image SDL_mixer SDL_net SDL_ttf libpng librsvg libxml2 ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/games/taisei/default.nix b/pkgs/games/taisei/default.nix
index e0d1175fce89..4bc04a336f83 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/taisei/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/taisei/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl
 # Build depends
-, docutils, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, python3
+, docutils, meson, ninja, pkg-config, python3
 # Runtime depends
 , glfw, SDL2, SDL2_mixer
 , freetype, libpng, libwebp, libzip, zlib
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    docutils meson ninja pkgconfig python3
+    docutils meson ninja pkg-config python3
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/games/the-powder-toy/default.nix b/pkgs/games/the-powder-toy/default.nix
index 37d4553be6bf..5d240a9fe91b 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/the-powder-toy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/the-powder-toy/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, scons, pkgconfig, SDL2, lua, fftwFloat,
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, scons, pkg-config, SDL2, lua, fftwFloat,
   zlib, bzip2, curl, darwin }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "18rp2g1mj0gklra06wm9dm57h73hmm301npndh0y8ap192i5s8sa";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ scons pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ scons pkg-config ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin
     [ darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa ];