diff --git a/scripts/target/mame/mame.lua b/scripts/target/mame/mame.lua
index 344de94b9cd..8fbd6e5dd8c 100644
--- a/scripts/target/mame/mame.lua
+++ b/scripts/target/mame/mame.lua
@@ -1515,7 +1515,6 @@ function linkProjects_mame_mame(_target, _subtarget)
 		"sony",
 		"sony_news",
 		"sord",
-		"special",
 		"sssr",
 		"stern",
 		"stm",
@@ -3139,12 +3138,6 @@ files {
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/sord/*.cpp",
 }
 
-createMAMEProjects(_target, _subtarget, "special")
-files {
-	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/special/*.cpp",
-	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/special/*.h",
-}
-
 createMAMEProjects(_target, _subtarget, "stern")
 files {
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/stern/*.cpp",
diff --git a/src/mame/mame.lst b/src/mame/mame.lst
index f621cd5eda7..6332c777766 100644
--- a/src/mame/mame.lst
+++ b/src/mame/mame.lst
@@ -39508,7 +39508,7 @@ hc128                           // 1991 HC-128
 spec128                         // 1986 ZX Spectrum 128
 specpls2                        // 1986 ZX Spectrum +2
 
-@source:special/special.cpp
+@source:sssr/special.cpp
 anakonda                        //
 erik                            //
 kharkovsky                      //
diff --git a/src/mame/mess.flt b/src/mame/mess.flt
index ff7b5324d91..6c49b82cf4f 100644
--- a/src/mame/mess.flt
+++ b/src/mame/mess.flt
@@ -985,7 +985,6 @@ sony_news/news_38xx.cpp
 sony_news/news_68k.cpp
 sony_news/news_r3k.cpp
 sord/m5.cpp
-special/special.cpp
 sssr/apogee.cpp
 sssr/argo.cpp
 sssr/bk.cpp
@@ -1012,6 +1011,7 @@ sssr/pyl601.cpp
 sssr/radio86.cpp
 sssr/sm1800.cpp
 sssr/sm7238.cpp
+sssr/special.cpp
 sssr/uknc.cpp
 sssr/unior.cpp
 sssr/ut88.cpp
diff --git a/src/mame/special/special.cpp b/src/mame/sssr/special.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/mame/special/special.cpp
rename to src/mame/sssr/special.cpp
diff --git a/src/mame/special/special.h b/src/mame/sssr/special.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/mame/special/special.h
rename to src/mame/sssr/special.h
diff --git a/src/mame/special/special_m.cpp b/src/mame/sssr/special_m.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/mame/special/special_m.cpp
rename to src/mame/sssr/special_m.cpp
diff --git a/src/mame/special/special_v.cpp b/src/mame/sssr/special_v.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/mame/special/special_v.cpp
rename to src/mame/sssr/special_v.cpp