diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index 669dd8b62b..1cb896902f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -7963,7 +7963,7 @@ (define-public emacs-websocket
        (uri (git-reference
              (url "https://github.com/ahyatt/emacs-websocket.git")
              (commit version)))
-       (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
         (base32
          "1dgrf7na6r6mmkknphzshlbd5fnzisg0qn0j7vfpa38wgsymaq52"))))