diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index 28cba37c4f..8bed5795a0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ (define-public kicad-symbols
               (uri (git-reference
                     (url "https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-symbols.git")
                     (commit version)))
-              (file-name (string-append "kicad-symbols-" version "-checkout"))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "1rjh2pjcrc3bhcgyyskj5pssm7vffrjk0ymwr70fb7sjpmk96yjk"))))