diff --git a/data/campaigns/World_Conquest/_main.cfg b/data/campaigns/World_Conquest/_main.cfg
index b8ca2a13fdc..85a26821ddf 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/World_Conquest/_main.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/World_Conquest/_main.cfg
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 
 {./era/factions}
 {./era/campaign}
-{./resources}
+{./resources/data}
+{./resources/strings}
 {./scenarios}
 
 #define WC_II_PAIR UNIT1 UNIT2
@@ -92,5 +93,58 @@ Includes an in-game help to know pairs status, with a right-click on an empty he
     [/world_conquest_data]
 [/resource]
 
-{WORLD_CONQUEST_II_CAMPAIGN_RESOURCE}
+# the campaign-specific resources
+[resource]
+    id = "wc2_scenario_res"
+    [lua]
+        code = " wesnoth.dofile('campaigns/World_Conquest/lua/campaign_main.lua') "
+    [/lua]
+    [load_resource]
+        id = "wc2_trainer_data"
+    [/load_resource]
+    [load_resource]
+        id = "wc2_artifact_data"
+    [/load_resource]
+    [load_resource]
+        id = "wc2_trait_data"
+    [/load_resource]
+[/resource]
+
+[resource]
+    id = "wc2_trait_data"
+    [world_conquest_data]
+        [trait_heroic]
+            {WORLD_CONQUEST_II_TRAIT_HEROIC}
+        [/trait_heroic]
+        [trait_expert]
+            {WORLD_CONQUEST_II_TRAIT_EXPERT}
+        [/trait_expert]
+    [/world_conquest_data]
+[/resource]
+
+[resource]
+    id = "wc2_trainer_data"
+    [world_conquest_data]
+        {WORLD_CONQUEST_TEK_TRAINER_DEFINITIONS}
+    [/world_conquest_data]
+[/resource]
+
+[resource]
+    id = "wc2_artifact_data"
+    [world_conquest_data]
+        {WORLD_CONQUEST_TEK_ARTIFACT_DEFINITIONS}
+    [/world_conquest_data]
+[/resource]
+
+[resource]
+    id = "wc2_scenario_res_extra"
+    ## additional mods that work independent on the wc2 core.
+    ## but note that they use our utils.lua and assume it to be present in global namespace.
+    [lua]
+        code = " wesnoth.dofile('campaigns/World_Conquest/lua/optional_mechanics/destruction.lua') "
+    [/lua]
+    [lua]
+        code = " wesnoth.dofile('campaigns/World_Conquest/lua/optional_mechanics/unitmarker.lua') "
+    [/lua]
+[/resource]
 #endif
diff --git a/data/campaigns/World_Conquest/resources/resources.cfg b/data/campaigns/World_Conquest/resources/resources.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index eb14fa07fd0..00000000000
--- a/data/campaigns/World_Conquest/resources/resources.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#textdomain wesnoth-wc
-## add subfolders
-{./data}
-{./strings}
-
-#define WORLD_CONQUEST_II_CAMPAIGN_RESOURCE
-    [resource]
-        id = "wc2_scenario_res"
-        [lua]
-            code = " wesnoth.dofile('campaigns/World_Conquest//lua/campaign_main.lua') "
-        [/lua]
-        [load_resource]
-            id = "wc2_trainer_data"
-        [/load_resource]
-        [load_resource]
-            id = "wc2_artifact_data"
-        [/load_resource]
-        [load_resource]
-            id = "wc2_trait_data"
-        [/load_resource]
-    [/resource]
-
-    [resource]
-        id = "wc2_trait_data"
-        [world_conquest_data]
-            [trait_heroic]
-                {WORLD_CONQUEST_II_TRAIT_HEROIC}
-            [/trait_heroic]
-            [trait_expert]
-                {WORLD_CONQUEST_II_TRAIT_EXPERT}
-            [/trait_expert]
-        [/world_conquest_data]
-    [/resource]
-
-    [resource]
-        id = "wc2_trainer_data"
-        [world_conquest_data]
-            {WORLD_CONQUEST_TEK_TRAINER_DEFINITIONS}
-        [/world_conquest_data]
-    [/resource]
-
-    [resource]
-        id = "wc2_artifact_data"
-        [world_conquest_data]
-            {WORLD_CONQUEST_TEK_ARTIFACT_DEFINITIONS}
-        [/world_conquest_data]
-    [/resource]
-
-    [resource]
-        id = "wc2_scenario_res_extra"
-        ## additional mods that work independent on the wc2 core.
-        ## but note that they use our utils.lua and assume it to be present in global namespace.
-        [lua]
-            code = " wesnoth.dofile('campaigns/World_Conquest//lua/optional_mechanics/destruction.lua') "
-        [/lua]
-        [lua]
-            code = " wesnoth.dofile('campaigns/World_Conquest//lua/optional_mechanics/unitmarker.lua') "
-        [/lua]
-    [/resource]
-
-#enddef