diff --git a/includes/Minerva.hooks.php b/includes/Minerva.hooks.php
index cd390c751..1f3717997 100644
--- a/includes/Minerva.hooks.php
+++ b/includes/Minerva.hooks.php
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ class MinervaHooks {
 		// Set LESS importpath
 		global $wgResourceLoaderLESSImportPaths;
 		$wgResourceLoaderLESSImportPaths[] = dirname( __DIR__ ) . "/minerva.less/";
-
-		// Setup alias for compatibility with SkinMinervaNeue.
-		if ( !class_exists( 'SkinMinervaNeue' ) ) {
-			class_alias( 'SkinMinerva', 'SkinMinervaNeue', true );
-		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php b/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php
index 6a4a25d2e..d4aef1067 100644
--- a/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php
+++ b/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php
@@ -1430,3 +1430,6 @@ class SkinMinerva extends SkinTemplate implements ICustomizableSkin {
 		$out->addModuleStyles( $this->getSkinStyles() );
 	}
 }
+
+// Setup alias for compatibility with SkinMinervaNeue.
+class_alias( 'SkinMinerva', 'SkinMinervaNeue' );
diff --git a/skin.json b/skin.json
index 23d999a4b..c81b5c1d8 100644
--- a/skin.json
+++ b/skin.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 		"MinervaHooks": "includes/Minerva.hooks.php",
 		"MinervaTemplate": "includes/skins/MinervaTemplate.php",
 		"SkinMinerva": "includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php",
+		"SkinMinervaNeue": "includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php",
 		"ICustomizableSkin": "includes/skins/ICustomizableSkin.php",
 		"MediaWiki\\Minerva\\MenuBuilder": "includes/skins/MenuBuilder.php",
 		"MediaWiki\\Minerva\\MenuEntry": "includes/skins/MenuBuilder.php",