diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/highfive/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/highfive/default.nix
index 1a8ea5c1ae5..5eb6ceb204e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/highfive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/highfive/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 assert mpiSupport -> mpi != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "highfive";
+  pname = "highfive${lib.optionalString mpiSupport "-mpi"}";
   version = "2.3.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6b2e1689fae..a0c96a84d74 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17273,9 +17273,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   highfive = callPackage ../development/libraries/highfive { };
 
-  highfive-mpi = appendToName "mpi" (highfive.override {
-    hdf5 = hdf5-mpi;
-  });
+  highfive-mpi = highfive.override { hdf5 = hdf5-mpi; };
 
   hiredis = callPackage ../development/libraries/hiredis { };