diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
index 68f0f1bc4ddc..c3072357a57e 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ rec {
     # name of the resulting derivation
     }: buildCommand:
     stdenv.mkDerivation ({
-      name = lib.strings.sanitizeDerivationName name;
-      inherit buildCommand;
+      inherit buildCommand name;
       passAsFile = [ "buildCommand" ]
         ++ (derivationArgs.passAsFile or []);
     }