diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix
index 045f80ce9ac2..6d1763a0d0fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ with lib;
 assert versionAtLeast kernel.version "3.12";
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "perf-linux-${kernel.version}";
+  pname = "perf-linux";
+  version = kernel.version;
 
   inherit (kernel) src;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kmod-debian-aliases/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kmod-debian-aliases/default.nix
index 23d323f84b8f..15f7251f9961 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kmod-debian-aliases/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kmod-debian-aliases/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, lib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "kmod-debian-aliases-${version}.conf";
+  pname = "kmod-debian-aliases.conf";
   version = "22-1.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libevdevc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libevdevc/default.nix
index 2417ef6da9db..4998ee3e6b57 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libevdevc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libevdevc/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, coreutils, pkg-config, glib, jsoncpp }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libevdevc";
+  pname = "libevdevc";
   version = "2.0.1";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "hugegreenbug";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libgestures/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libgestures/default.nix
index bface8118be2..1454c0c78a50 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libgestures/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libgestures/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, glib, jsoncpp }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libgestures-${version}";
+  pname = "libgestures";
   version = "2.0.1";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "hugegreenbug";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/net-tools/mptcp.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/net-tools/mptcp.nix
index 577b7c25311a..b4ce59a7c68d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/net-tools/mptcp.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/net-tools/mptcp.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, nettools, fetchFromGitHub  }:
 
 nettools.overrideAttrs(oa: rec {
-  name = "net-tools-mptcp";
+  pname = "net-tools-mptcp";
   version = "0.95";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed-light/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed-light/default.nix
index 0797656f653e..e86658ccb0ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed-light/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed-light/default.nix
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pkgname = "pommed-light";
+  pname = "pommed-light";
   version = "1.51lw";
-  name = "${pkgname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bytbox";
-    repo = pkgname;
+    repo = "pommed-light";
     rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "18fvdwwhcl6s4bpf2f2i389s71c8k4g0yb81am9rdddqmzaw27iy";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/statifier/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/statifier/default.nix
index 5afb399fc162..eefd95d1153a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/statifier/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/statifier/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { lib, multiStdenv, fetchurl }:
 
-let version = "1.7.4"; in
-multiStdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "statifier-${version}";
+multiStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "statifier";
+  version = "1.7.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/statifier/statifier-${version}.tar.gz";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
index 5f4f6069bcc6..091584a93cf4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, withoutInitTools ? false }:
 
-let version = "3.01"; in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = (if withoutInitTools then "sysvtools" else "sysvinit") + "-" + version;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = if withoutInitTools then "sysvtools" else "sysvinit";
+  version = "3.01";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/sysvinit/sysvinit-${version}.tar.xz";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix
index 5a14d3d2ee34..3a2697e0a712 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tmon/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { lib, stdenv, kernel, ncurses }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "tmon-${kernel.version}";
+  pname = "tmon";
+  version = kernel.version;
 
   inherit (kernel) src;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
index a0b748be2149..1d4166e4083d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ let
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "uclibc-ng-${version}";
+  pname = "uclibc-ng";
   inherit version;
 
   src = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/unstick/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/unstick/default.nix
index 7d839f8acdb8..7856456a3c36 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/unstick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/unstick/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkg-config, libseccomp }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "unstick";
+  pname = "unstick";
   version = "0.1.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kwohlfahrt";
-    repo = name;
+    repo = "unstick";
     rev = "effee9aa242ca12dc94cc6e96bc073f4cc9e8657";
     sha256 = "08la3jmmzlf4pm48bf9zx4cqj9gbqalpqy0s57bh5vfsdk74nnhv";
   };