diff --git a/repos/libports/lib/mk/vfs_oss.mk b/repos/libports/lib/mk/vfs_legacy_oss.mk
similarity index 66%
rename from repos/libports/lib/mk/vfs_oss.mk
rename to repos/libports/lib/mk/vfs_legacy_oss.mk
index 8ae7fc8bbc..c23a7ef47a 100644
--- a/repos/libports/lib/mk/vfs_oss.mk
+++ b/repos/libports/lib/mk/vfs_legacy_oss.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SRC_CC := vfs_oss.cc
 
-vpath %.cc $(REP_DIR)/src/lib/vfs/oss
+vpath %.cc $(REP_DIR)/src/lib/vfs/legacy_oss
 
 LIBS := libc
 
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_oss/content.mk b/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_legacy_oss/content.mk
similarity index 64%
rename from repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_oss/content.mk
rename to repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_legacy_oss/content.mk
index 669c686f6d..59f24c699b 100644
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_oss/content.mk
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_legacy_oss/content.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR := lib/mk/vfs_oss.mk src/lib/vfs/oss
+MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR := lib/mk/vfs_legacy_oss.mk src/lib/vfs/legacy_oss
 
 content: $(MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR) LICENSE
 
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_oss/hash b/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_legacy_oss/hash
similarity index 100%
rename from repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_oss/hash
rename to repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_legacy_oss/hash
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_oss/used_apis b/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_legacy_oss/used_apis
similarity index 100%
rename from repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_oss/used_apis
rename to repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_legacy_oss/used_apis
diff --git a/repos/libports/run/oss.run b/repos/libports/run/oss.run
index 227d142619..3ec8a07566 100644
--- a/repos/libports/run/oss.run
+++ b/repos/libports/run/oss.run
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if {[have_include "power_on/qemu"]} {
 }
 
 build {
-	core init timer lib/ld lib/libc lib/vfs lib/posix lib/vfs_oss
+	core init timer lib/ld lib/libc lib/vfs lib/posix lib/vfs_legacy_oss
 	drivers/acpi drivers/audio drivers/platform app/pci_decode
 	server/report_rom test/oss
 }
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ install_config {
 			<vfs>
 				<dir name="dev">
 					<log/>
-					<oss name="dsp"/>
+					<legacy_oss name="dsp"/>
 				</dir>
 			</vfs>
 			<libc stdout="/dev/log" stderr="/dev/log"/>
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/oss/README b/repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/legacy_oss/README
similarity index 87%
rename from repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/oss/README
rename to repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/legacy_oss/README
index 799643e29a..682e1d543f 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/oss/README
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/legacy_oss/README
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-The VFS OSS plugin offers access to Genode's Audio_out and Audio_in sessions by
-providing a file-system that can be mounted at arbitrary location within the VFS
-of a component. It exposes a data file that can be used as 'dsp' file, e.g.,
-_/dev/dsp_ as is common with OSS. The support I/O control operations or rather the
-properties of the pseudo-device are provided in form of a structured 'info'
-file located in the directory named after the data file, e.g., _/dev/.dsp/info_.
+The legacy VFS OSS plugin offers access to Genode's Audio_out and Audio_in
+sessions by providing a file-system that can be mounted at arbitrary location
+within the VFS of a component. It exposes a data file that can be used as 'dsp'
+file, e.g., _/dev/dsp_ as is common with OSS. The support I/O control
+operations or rather the properties of the pseudo-device are provided in form
+of a structured 'info' file located in the directory named after the data file,
+e.g., _/dev/.dsp/info_.
 
 This file may by used to query the configured parameters and has the following
 structure:
@@ -87,6 +88,6 @@ The following config snippet illustrates its configuration:
 
 ! <vfs>
 !   <dir name="dev">
-!     <oss name="dsp"/>
+!     <legacy_oss name="dsp"/>
 !   </dir>
 ! </vfs>
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/oss/vfs_oss.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/legacy_oss/vfs_oss.cc
similarity index 99%
rename from repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/oss/vfs_oss.cc
rename to repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/legacy_oss/vfs_oss.cc
index ad8958f9bf..f05fffb2bf 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/oss/vfs_oss.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/vfs/legacy_oss/vfs_oss.cc
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ struct Vfs::Oss_file_system::Local_factory : File_system_factory
 
 	static Name name(Xml_node config)
 	{
-		return config.attribute_value("name", Name("oss"));
+		return config.attribute_value("name", Name("lagacy_oss"));
 	}
 
 	Data_file_system _data_fs;
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ class Vfs::Oss_file_system::Compound_file_system : private Local_factory,
 			                       *this }
 		{ }
 
-		static const char *name() { return "oss"; }
+		static const char *name() { return "legacy_oss"; }
 
 		char const *type() override { return name(); }
 };
diff --git a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6-capture/archives b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6-capture/archives
index fd5314ece3..d0d53e3bca 100644
--- a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6-capture/archives
+++ b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6-capture/archives
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ _/src/stdcxx
 _/src/vbox6
 _/src/vfs
 _/src/vfs_gpu
-_/src/vfs_oss
+_/src/vfs_legacy_oss
 _/src/vfs_pipe
 _/src/zlib
diff --git a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6-capture/runtime b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6-capture/runtime
index fa225c54c0..1cc003f189 100644
--- a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6-capture/runtime
+++ b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6-capture/runtime
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 			<config vbox_file="machine.vbox6" xhci="yes" vm_name="linux" capslock="rom" ld_verbose="yes">
 				<vfs>
 					<dir name="dev">
-						<log/> <rtc/> <null/> <gpu/> <zero/> <oss name="dsp"/>
+						<log/> <rtc/> <null/> <gpu/> <zero/> <legacy_oss name="dsp"/>
 					</dir>
 					<dir name="pipe"> <pipe/> </dir>
 					<dir name="shared"> <fs label="shared" writeable="yes"/> </dir>
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@
 		<rom label="qemu-usb.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="stdcxx.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="vfs.lib.so"/>
+		<rom label="vfs_legacy_oss.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="vfs_gpu.lib.so"/>
-		<rom label="vfs_oss.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="vfs_pipe.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="virtualbox6-shaderlib.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="virtualbox6-sharedclipboard.lib.so"/>
diff --git a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6/archives b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6/archives
index fd5314ece3..d0d53e3bca 100644
--- a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6/archives
+++ b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6/archives
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ _/src/stdcxx
 _/src/vbox6
 _/src/vfs
 _/src/vfs_gpu
-_/src/vfs_oss
+_/src/vfs_legacy_oss
 _/src/vfs_pipe
 _/src/zlib
diff --git a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6/runtime b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6/runtime
index a95e08eeeb..53170fbbd4 100644
--- a/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6/runtime
+++ b/repos/ports/recipes/pkg/vbox6/runtime
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 			<config vbox_file="machine.vbox6" xhci="yes" vm_name="linux" capslock="rom" ld_verbose="yes">
 				<vfs>
 					<dir name="dev">
-						<log/> <rtc/> <null/> <gpu/> <zero/> <oss name="dsp"/>
+						<log/> <rtc/> <null/> <gpu/> <zero/> <legacy_oss name="dsp"/>
 					</dir>
 					<dir name="pipe"> <pipe/> </dir>
 					<dir name="shared"> <fs label="shared" writeable="yes"/> </dir>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 		<rom label="stdcxx.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="vfs.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="vfs_gpu.lib.so"/>
-		<rom label="vfs_oss.lib.so"/>
+		<rom label="vfs_legacy_oss.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="vfs_pipe.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="virtualbox6-shaderlib.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="virtualbox6-sharedclipboard.lib.so"/>
diff --git a/repos/ports/run/virtualbox6.run b/repos/ports/run/virtualbox6.run
index 8b98997247..416a2a9a6f 100644
--- a/repos/ports/run/virtualbox6.run
+++ b/repos/ports/run/virtualbox6.run
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/nitpicker
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/report_rom
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/vfs_import
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/vfs_pipe
-lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/vfs_oss
+lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/vfs_legacy_oss
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/mesa
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/expat
 lappend depot_archives [depot_user]/src/libdrm