diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index 07e72f6d5f46..336836f8dba4 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   See the release notes of
   [v1.7.0](https://github.com/jtroo/kanata/releases/tag/v1.7.0)
   for more information.
+- `vscode-utils.buildVscodeExtension` now requires pname as an argument
 
 - the notmuch vim plugin now lives in a separate output of the `notmuch`
   package. Installing `notmuch` will not bring the notmuch vim package anymore,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/rust-lang.rust-analyzer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/rust-lang.rust-analyzer/default.nix
index e937da9c44b3..bcb076135ae1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/rust-lang.rust-analyzer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/rust-lang.rust-analyzer/default.nix
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ let
   };
 in
 vscode-utils.buildVscodeExtension {
-  inherit version vsix;
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  inherit version vsix pname;
   src = "${vsix}/${pname}.zip";
   vscodeExtUniqueId = "${publisher}.${pname}";
   vscodeExtPublisher = publisher;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vscode-utils.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vscode-utils.nix
index d457b156aa97..bd0390eaa84b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vscode-utils.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/vscode-utils.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 let
   buildVscodeExtension =
     a@{
-      name,
+      pname,
       src,
       # Same as "Unique Identifier" on the extension's web page.
       # For the moment, only serve as unique extension dir.
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ let
       ...
     }:
     stdenv.mkDerivation (
-      (removeAttrs a [ "vscodeExtUniqueId" ])
+      (removeAttrs a [
+        "vscodeExtUniqueId"
+        "pname"
+      ])
       // {
 
-        name = "vscode-extension-${name}";
+        pname = "vscode-extension-${pname}";
 
         passthru = passthru // {
           inherit vscodeExtPublisher vscodeExtName vscodeExtUniqueId;
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ let
         "vsix"
       ])
       // {
-        name = "${mktplcRef.publisher}-${mktplcRef.name}-${mktplcRef.version}";
+        pname = "${mktplcRef.publisher}-${mktplcRef.name}";
         version = mktplcRef.version;
         src = if (vsix != null) then vsix else fetchVsixFromVscodeMarketplace mktplcRef;
         vscodeExtPublisher = mktplcRef.publisher;