diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
index 318e633d6ebb..37bab4923bfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ let
   };
 in
 {
-  emacs28 = import ./generic.nix (mkArgs {
+  emacs28 = import ./make-emacs.nix (mkArgs {
     pname = "emacs";
     version = "28.2";
     variant = "mainline";
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ in
     hash = "sha256-4oSLcUDR0MOEt53QOiZSVU8kPJ67GwugmBxdX3F15Ag=";
   });
 
-  emacs29 = import ./generic.nix (mkArgs {
+  emacs29 = import ./make-emacs.nix (mkArgs {
     pname = "emacs";
     version = "29.1";
     variant = "mainline";
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ in
     hash = "sha256-3HDCwtOKvkXwSULf3W7YgTz4GV8zvYnh2RrL28qzGKg=";
   });
 
-  emacs28-macport = import ./generic.nix (mkArgs {
+  emacs28-macport = import ./make-emacs.nix (mkArgs {
     pname = "emacs-mac";
     version = "28.2";
     variant = "macport";
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ in
     hash = "sha256-Ne2jQ2nVLNiQmnkkOXVc5AkLVkTpm8pFC7VNY2gQjPE=";
   });
 
-  emacs29-macport = import ./generic.nix (mkArgs {
+  emacs29-macport = import ./make-emacs.nix (mkArgs {
     pname = "emacs-mac";
     version = "29.1";
     variant = "macport";