diff --git a/modules/misc/nixgl.nix b/modules/misc/nixgl.nix
index 541314723..05781e410 100644
--- a/modules/misc/nixgl.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/nixgl.nix
@@ -185,7 +185,9 @@ in {
       # Wrap the package's binaries with nixGL, while preserving the rest of
       # the outputs and derivation attributes.
         (pkg.overrideAttrs (old: {
-          name = "nixGL-${pkg.name}";
+          # Leave the name unchanged and rely on the hash to differentiate from the original package.
+          # Some modules rely on the package name to e.g. compute config directory paths.
+          name = pkg.name;
 
           # Make sure this is false for the wrapper derivation, so nix doesn't expect
           # a new debug output to be produced. We won't be producing any debug info