diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index a78a315adff..c52340d05e1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -9660,6 +9660,25 @@ custom model weighting schemes.")
 Munsell colour system.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
+(define-public r-mvtnorm
+  (package
+    (name "r-mvtnorm")
+    (version "1.3-3")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (cran-uri "mvtnorm" version))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0wa1zal0q8zawqrjllx70kakn3ynpsm0imb3mmc956y89d9py3p2"))))
+    (build-system r-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     (list gfortran r-numderiv))
+    (home-page "https://mvtnorm.R-forge.R-project.org")
+    (synopsis "Package for multivariate normal and t-distributions")
+    (description "This package can compute multivariate normal and
+t-probabilities, quantiles, random deviates and densities.")
+    (license license:gpl2)))
+
 (define-public r-shadowtext
   (package
     (name "r-shadowtext")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index c590bb221ef..99ef7e3ecf1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -2029,25 +2029,6 @@ things.  RSP is ideal for self-contained scientific reports and R package
 vignettes.")
     (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
 
-(define-public r-mvtnorm
-  (package
-    (name "r-mvtnorm")
-    (version "1.3-3")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (cran-uri "mvtnorm" version))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "0wa1zal0q8zawqrjllx70kakn3ynpsm0imb3mmc956y89d9py3p2"))))
-    (build-system r-build-system)
-    (native-inputs
-     (list gfortran r-numderiv))
-    (home-page "https://mvtnorm.R-forge.R-project.org")
-    (synopsis "Package for multivariate normal and t-distributions")
-    (description "This package can compute multivariate normal and
-t-probabilities, quantiles, random deviates and densities.")
-    (license license:gpl2)))
-
 (define-public r-tidyselect
   (package
     (name "r-tidyselect")