diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index 198ab376a6..4aabfb2730 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -5538,7 +5538,7 @@ (define-public emacs-evil
        (uri (git-reference
              (url "https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil")
              (commit version)))
-       (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
         (base32
          "1833w397xhac5g3pp25szr2gyvclxy91aw27azvbmsx94pyk2a3q"))))