diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index fa9c66b7a8..6a535646db 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -11205,7 +11205,7 @@ (define-public emacs-grep-context
          (uri (git-reference
                (url "https://github.com/mkcms/grep-context.git")
                (commit commit)))
-         (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
+         (file-name (git-file-name name version))
          (sha256
           (base32
            "1nqfa6kjzjshww4hnwg1c0vcr90bdjihy3kmixq3c3jkvxg99b62"))))